other orbiting bodies contain more iron than earths crust does
Reflection
P waves (APEX)
200 million
Iron is magnetic which forms the Earth's magnetic field.
The oceanic crust is denser
The oldest continental crust would be between three and one half to four billion years older than the oldest oceanic crust. This is due to the fact that ocean plates are subducted under the continental plates, subjected to partial melt and essentially recycled in the mantle before reforming.