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#1 2007-07-06 04:35:58
- m1omg
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Re: Mars's mag. field will maybe recover!
http://www.bautforum.com/showthread.php … e+freezing
If the liquid metal will flow around a solid core, it may create magnetic field 
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Andrew Stewart, a planetary geochemist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, said Mars' cooling core might restore magnetism to the red planet. "If liquid metal moves around a solid core, it could create a natural dynamo like the one found in Earth's core," said Stewart, who co-authored the study detailed in today's online edition of the journal Science.
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