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Planetary Cooling

Planetary Cooling is a geophysical process denoting the gradual reduction in a planet's internal thermal energy over time, driven primarily by conductive, convective, and radiative heat loss mechanisms distinct from external thermal influences.

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112

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2017–2026

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Planetary Thermal Evolution

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83

Warming Early Mars with Carbon Dioxide Clouds That Scatter Infrared Radiation

F. Forget, Raymond T. Pierrehumbert · Science · 1997 · 472 citations

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Cooling and ice growth across the Eocene-Oligocene transition

Caroline H. Lear, T. R. Bailey, Paul N. Pearson et al. · Geology · 2008 · 412 citations

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The astronomical theory of climatic change on Mars

O. B. Toon, James B. Pollack, William R. Ward et al. · Icarus · 1980 · 350 citations

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Mars: A New Core-Crystallization Regime

Andrew J. Stewart, Max W. Schmidt, W. van Westrenen et al. · Science · 2007 · 227 citations

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Subsolidus convective cooling histories of terrestrial planets

G. Schubert, P. Cassen, Richard E. Young · Icarus · 1979 · 206 citations

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Authors

185

  1. FF
    F. Forget

    Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, France

    2 publications · 545 citations

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  2. RE
    Richard E. Young

    Ames Research Center, United States

    2 publications · 220 citations

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  3. DM
    D. M. Hunten

    University of Arizona, United States

    2 publications · 102 citations

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  4. WB
    W. B. Hubbard

    University of Arizona, United States

    2 publications · 181 citations

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  5. PC
    P. Cassen

    Ames Research Center, United States

    2 publications · 220 citations

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Institutions

112

  1. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    757 citations

  2. Ames Research Center

    Mountain View, United States

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    1.3K citations

  3. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    427 citations

  4. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    356 citations

  5. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    568 citations

  6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    553 citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    1.3K citations

  8. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem, Israel

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    241 citations

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Venues

  1. Icarus

    9 publications · 861 citations

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  2. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 8 publications · 614 citations

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  3. Geophysical Research Letters

    8 publications · 430 citations

    8

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  4. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 7 publications · 420 citations

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  5. Geology

    6 publications · 718 citations

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