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Posted by BradGuth on August 16, 2008, 7:31 pm
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> > Since Venus appears to have a more molten interior than Earth (perhaps
> > due to constant gravitational pressure -- as opposed to Earth, which
> > had its early, cataclysmic lunar-formational event) it may be
> > replenishing its carbon dioxide, etc., at a rate much higher than its
> > solar erosion quotient.
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> Thanks. With a more molten interior than Earth, one would expect that
> Venus would also have experienced an iron catastrophe like Earth
> apparently did and therefore have an iron core. The nearly non-
> existent magnetosphere can be blamed on the slowness of the
> planetary rotation? Or is current thinking that Venus does not have
> an iron core?
There's most likely a core of iron, or perhaps even along with its
fair share of thorium.
~ Brad Guth Brad_Guth Brad.Guth BradGuth
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