Electromagnetic inductive heating of the asteroids and moon as evidence bearing on the primordial solar windThermal evolutionary models of the asteroids and the moon based on the hypothesis of electrical inductive heating by a dense primordial solar wind are compared with observation. Inferences (derived from spectroscopy) of asteroidal mineralogy when compared with electrical heating models, the variation of cooling rates recorded in iron meteorites, and the occurrence of the lunar magma ocean event lend support to the hypothesis of inductive heating. A high primordial solar rotation rate and magnetic field together with the loss due to plasma outflow of a substantial fraction of the initial solar mass would follow.
Document ID
19810064437
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Herbert, F. (Arizona Univ. Tucson, AZ, United States)
Sonett, C. P. (Arizona, University Tucson, AZ, United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1980
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Meeting Information
Meeting: Conference on The ancient sun: Fossil record in the earth, moon and meteorites