Asteroid core crystallization by inward dendritic growth

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Sep 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992jgr....9714727h&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 97, no. E9, p. 14,727-12,734.

Physics

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Asteroids, Crystal Growth, Dendritic Crystals, Liquid Metals, Planetary Cores, Crystal Structure, Low Pressure, Planetary Geology

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The physics of the asteroid core crystallization process in metallic asteroids is investigated, with special attention given to the initial conditions for core crystallization, the manner of crystallization, the mechanisms acting in the stirring of the liquid, and the effects of elements such as sulfur on crystallization of Fe-Ni. On the basis of theoretical considerations and the published data on iron meteorites, it is suggested that the mode of crystallization in asteroid core was different from the apparent outward concentric crystallization of the earth core, in that the crystallization of asteroidal cores commenced at the base of the mantle and proceeded inward. The inward crystallization resulted in complex dendritic growth. These dendrites may have grown to lengths of hundreds of meters or perhaps even as large as the core radius, thereby dividing the core into separate magma chambers.

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