Timeline for What's the maximum mass for an Iron Planet to have a magnetosphere like Mercury's?
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| Nov 24, 2023 at 4:09 | vote | accept | Thoth | ||
| Nov 23, 2023 at 5:12 | comment | added | Thoth | By the way, I'm aware that a planet can have an atmospherically induced magnetic field like Venus. However, I wanted my planet to be relatively cold and have a few light gases like O2 as part of its atmospheric makeup, so I'd rather not go with that option. | |
| Nov 23, 2023 at 0:00 | answer | added | Monty Wild♦ | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 22, 2023 at 23:43 | history | edited | Thoth | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 22, 2023 at 23:43 | comment | added | Thoth | Ah, right! I should rephrase my question a bit, then. | |
| Nov 22, 2023 at 21:49 | comment | added | AlexP | Please note than the bulk of the protection against harmful radiation coming from the Sun is provided by the atmosphere, and not by the magnetic field of Earth. The magnetic field helps a little, but not so much as to be noticed if it goes aways for a relatively short (geologically speaking) amount of time. It actually does go away for relatively short (geologically speaking) amounts of time quite often (geologically speaking), and this never had any harmful effects on living things. The importance of the magnetic field lays in protecting the atmosphere itself over looong amounts of time. | |
| Nov 22, 2023 at 20:09 | history | asked | Thoth | CC BY-SA 4.0 |