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Table B.2
Core characteristics and magnetic properties of planets and satellites of the Solar System.
Normalized planet mass | Normalized planet radius | Rotational period | Core characteristics | Magnetic properties | |||||||
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Planet | Mp | Rp | days | ![]() |
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Calculated Roℓ | ObservedRoℓ | Calculated ℳ/ℳ⊕ | Observedℳ/ℳ⊕ | Errorℳ/ℳ⊕ |
Mercury | 0.0533 (1) | 0.3829 (2) | 58.8 (3) | 0.70 | 0.55 | 0.32 | 8.1 | 8(3) | 0.0003 | 0.0004 (3) | 0.001 |
Venus | 0.815 (4) | 0.9499 (2) | 243.7 (3) | 0.96 | 0.92 | 0.89 | 50.7 | 50 (3) | 0.0007 | 0(3) | 0.001 |
Earth | 1(5) | 1(2) | 1(3) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.09 | 0.09 (3) | 1.00 | 1(3) | 0.000 |
Mars (a) | 0,1074 (6) | 0.532 (2) | 1(3) | 0.64 | 0.50 | 0.94 | 0.10 | 0.10 (3) | 0.084 | 0.10 (3) | 0.016 |
Ganymede | 0.0248 (7) | 0.4132 (2) | 0.73 (3) | 0.59 | 0.22 | 0.29 | 0.05 | 0.05 (3) | 0.003 | 0.002 (3) | 0.001 |
References: (a) Extinct dynamo; (1) Smith et al. (2012); (2) Seidelmann et al. (2007); (3) Olson & Christensen (2006); (4) Zeng et al. (2016); (5) Dziewonski & Anderson (1981); (6) Konopliv et al. (2011); (7) Schubert et al. (2004).
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