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minus-squareGladaed ( Gladaed@feddit.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoBut is that unusual? That’s just pretty normal, no? Any planet with a liquid core is bound to have one.
minus-squareknightly the Sneptaur ( knightly@pawb.social ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoMaybe‽ We don’t have much of a basis for comparison outside of our solar system just yet, but we should have better data soon. And it being “normal” would just make it more science fictiony. =D
minus-squareGladaed ( Gladaed@feddit.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoWe probably won’t have better data soon. Actually resolving planets directly is incredibly far out of reach. Measuring their core is implausible.
But is that unusual? That’s just pretty normal, no?
Any planet with a liquid core is bound to have one.
Maybe‽
We don’t have much of a basis for comparison outside of our solar system just yet, but we should have better data soon.
And it being “normal” would just make it more science fictiony. =D
We probably won’t have better data soon. Actually resolving planets directly is incredibly far out of reach. Measuring their core is implausible.