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Artist's impression of a silicate planet
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English: Silicate Planets are the most common type of terrestrial planet, especially in our solar system. Earth, Mars, and Venus are all examples of silicate planets. Silicate planets are composed of a rocky silicon-based mantle with a frequent presence of a metallic core, usually composed of iron, allowing silicate planets to experience tectonic activity and have a magnetic field. Silicate planets have a density of between roughly 3 to 6 g/cm3, with the densities of planets generally getting lower further out in the star system.
The most basic type of silicate planet is a Rocky Planet, which is compositionally similar to the Moon. Image created by Pablo Carlos Budassi in 2023 (pablocarlosbudassi.com) |
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Planet concept illustrated especially for Wikimedia Commons by Pablo Carlos Budassi. Source: https://www.pablocarlosbudassi.com/2021/02/planet-types.html Background image by ESO/Serge Brunier: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ESO_-_Milky_Way.jpg Suggestions for improving this image are welcome: pablocarlosbudassi@gmail.com
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