Re: Relevant - Plate Tectonics Might Only Occur on 0.003% of Planets. That Makes Earth Very Special Indeed.

On 7/4/2024 4:49 PM, a425couple wrote:
> On 7/4/24 12:33, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>> On 7/4/2024 9:54 AM, a425couple wrote:
>>> Big DEAL !!
>>> So many times greats like Heinlein and Silverberg have written
>>> about us going to exoplanets, and it being like Earth.
>>> Sorry,,,, NO!
>>>
>>> from
>>> https://www.universetoday.com/167659/plate-tectonics-might-only-occur-on-0-003-of-planets-that-makes-earth-very-special-indeed/
>>>
>>> Plate tectonics: Image Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center 
>>> Scientific Visualization Studio
>>> POSTED ONJULY 2, 2024 BY SCOTT ALAN JOHNSTON
>>>
> -----------snip-------
>>>
>>> Go to the citation for the rest ----.
>>
>> I went to the citation but couldn't find if that 0.003% is of ALL 
>> exo-planets or just the Terrestrial/Super-Terrestrial types.
>>
> 
> "the rest" of the citation, did not give a lot of specific information.
> Hopefully we will see a lot more on this research in the future.
> 
I also think there's a flaw in their basic assumptions.  If you have a 
rocky planet with a liquid core/mantle, you are going to have plate 
tectonics.

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