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Venus's core is made up of?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

We don't really know what Venus's core is made up of, it could be solid, like Earth's core, or it could be liquid.

Venus is missing an intrinsic magnetic field which was surprising given that it is similar to Earth in size, and was expected, also to contain a dynamo at its core. The core is thought to be electrically conductive and, while its rotation is often thought to be too slow, simulations show that it is adequate to produce a dynamo.

This implies that the dynamo is missing because of a lack of convection in Venus's core. Since Venus has no plate tectonics to let off heat, it is possible that it has no solid inner core, or that its core is not currently cooling, so that the entire liquid part of the core is at approximately the same temperature.

Another possibility is that its core has already completely solidified

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16y ago

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