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Old 18-July-2007, 08:16 PM
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Perhaps he used the fresh surface magma temperature (~ 1300 C max.) for his equations and did not consider that it could be much hotter. [Core temp. is estimated to be 5000 C]
Getting colder again. Think about the thermodynamic mechanisms by which heat might be lost by the Earth...
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