Emergence of two types of terrestrial planet on solidification of magma ocean

Keiko Hamano (), Yutaka Abe and Hidenori Genda
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Keiko Hamano: The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
Yutaka Abe: The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
Hidenori Genda: The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan

Nature, 2013, vol. 497, issue 7451, 607-610

Abstract: Terrestrial planets can be divided into two distinct types on the basis of their evolutionary history during solidification from their initial molten state: type I planets (such as Earth) solidify within several million years and retain most of their water, and type II planets (possibly such as Venus), formed inside a critical distance, are desiccated by hydrodynamic escape.

Date: 2013
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