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Table 4

Physical and orbital characteristics used for the stability calculations and results.

Mercury Venus Earth Early Earthb

M (×10-24 kg) 0.330 4.87 5.98 5.98
R (km) 2440 6051 6378 6378
Tspin  (d) 58.6  −243 0.997 0.418
Torb  (d) 87.97 224.7 27.32 9.67b
Tidal amplitude (m) 0.925a 1.8 0.6 3.4
R2/R 0.8a 0.17 0.55 0.55
η 0 0 0.35 0
E (×1014) 21 316 0.11 0.047
β (measured) (×107) 7.6 ? 1.9 11
β (hydrostatic) (×107) 6.8 1.1 0.8 6.7
Bsufc (nT) 250d 30 3 × 104 0
B0e (nT) 488 6100 1.8 × 105 0
Λ 6.4 × 10-6 0.004 0.015 0
σ (years-1)  −1.5 × 10-5  −5.43  −7.7 0.003

Notes. Following Herreman et al. (2009), we take as typical values σe = 4 × 105  S   m-1, ρ0 = 12 000  kg   m-3 and ν = 10-6  m2   s-1, consistent with a Fe/Fe-S composition.

(b)

Considering an Early Moon two times closer than today.

(c)

Equatorial surface field.

(e)

Considering a variation in r-3 from the core to the planetary surface (r being the spherical radius).

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