Planetary core size: A seismological approach

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Aug 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011p%26ss...59.1062k&link_type=abstract

Planetary and Space Science, Volume 59, Issue 10, p. 1062-1068.

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A key parameter for understanding the geodynamics of a terrestrial planet is the size of its core. Numerical evaluation of 28 different interior structure models of Mercury, Venus, Earth, the Moon, and Mars suggests that there is an almost linear relationship between the core radius and the extent of the seismic P-wave core shadow. A scaling law is derived from a simple mantle density and velocity model that permits the interpretation of respective seismic measurements on terrestrial planetary bodies.

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