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Planetary Core Structure

Planetary Core Structure is a scientific construct that specifies the compositional, physical, and geometric organization of the innermost metallic or dense regions of a planet, distinguishing it from other planetary layers by its high density, characteristic formation processes, and role in generating magnetic fields and governing planetary differentiation.

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Internal structure of massive terrestrial planets

Diana Valencia, Richard J. O’Connell, Dimitar Sasselov · Icarus · 2006 · 543 citations · Full text

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Core formation on Mars and differentiated asteroids

Der‐Chuen Lee, Alex N. Halliday · Nature · 1997 · 520 citations · Full text

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Europa's Differentiated Internal Structure: Inferences from Four Galileo Encounters

J. D. Anderson, G. Schubert, Robert A. Jacobson et al. · Science · 1998 · 397 citations

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Europa's Differentiated Internal Structure: Inferences from Two Galileo Encounters

J. D. Anderson, E. L. Lau, W. L. Sjogren et al. · Science · 1997 · 387 citations

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Composition and State of the Core

Kei Hirose, S. Labrosse, J. W. Hernlund · Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences · 2013 · 325 citations

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    Ravit Helled

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    4 publications · 291 citations

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  2. TV
    Tim Van Hoolst

    Royal Observatory of Belgium, Belgium

    3 publications · 64 citations

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  3. HY
    H. Y. McSween

    University of Tennessee at Knoxville, United States

    3 publications · 525 citations

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  4. CT
    C. T. Russell

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    3 publications · 583 citations

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  5. DP
    Daniel P. Stern

    University of Miami, United States

    3 publications · 237 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    16 h-index

    40 publications

    8.4K citations

  2. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    12 h-index

    16 publications

    991 citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    12 h-index

    39 publications

    1.9K citations

  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    8 h-index

    21 publications

    2.8K citations

  5. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    1.2K citations

  6. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    6 h-index

    16 publications

    5.2K citations

  7. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    2.2K citations

  8. Austrian Academy of Sciences

    Vienna, Austria

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    358 citations

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  1. Nature

    12 publications · 1.6K citations

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  2. Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors

    10 publications · 383 citations

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  3. Earth and Planetary Science Letters

    9 publications · 539 citations

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  5. Icarus

    8 publications · 1.5K citations

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