Constraints for a Solid Lunar Inner Core

Details Constraints for a Solid Lunar Inner Core Constraints for a Solid Lunar Inner Core

Oct 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011epsc.conf..247z&link_type=abstract

EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011, held 2-7 October 2011 in Nantes, France. http://meetings.copernicus.org/epsc-dps2011, p.247

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It is still being debated, whether or not the Moon has a core and whether or not that core would be fluid, solid or partly solid. Recent reanalysis of Apollo seismic data [1] did not only determine the size of the lunar core more accurately but also suggested the presence of a solid inner and a fluid outer core. In order to constrain under which circumstances a solid inner core can form, we calculated a suite of three dimensional thermal evolution models of the Moon, where different parameters were varied. Preliminary results show that an inner core can indeed freeze out. The observation of an inner core and its size can be used as an indirect constraint on the mantle rheology and composition.

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