Cause of Mercury's magnetic field proposed
Friday, May 16, 2008 - 12:14
in Astronomy & Space
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., May 16 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've determined convection currents inside Mercury's core create that planet's weak magnetic field.
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