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Thermal elastic deformations of the planet Mercury

Author(s) -

Liu HanShou

Publication year - 1972

Publication title -

journal of geophysical research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.67

H-Index - 298

eISSN - 2156-2202

pISSN - 0148-0227

DOI - 10.1029/jb077i032p06482

Subject(s) - planet , mercury (programming language) , thermal , amplitude , astrobiology , mechanics , physics , geophysics , materials science , optics , astrophysics , thermodynamics , computer science , programming language

The variation in solar heating due to the resonance rotation of Mercury produces periodic elastic deformations on the surface of the planet. The thermal stress and strain fields under Mercury's surface are calculated after certain simplifications. It is found that deformations penetrate to a greater depth than the variation of solar heating, and that the thermal strain on the surface of the planet pulsates with an amplitude of 4 × 10 −3 and a period of 176 days.

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