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Convection in a self-gravitating fluid sphere

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

P. H. Roberts
P. H. Roberts
Affiliation:
The University, Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Abstract

This paper is concerned with marginal convection in a self-gravitating sphere of uniform incompressible fluid containing a uniform distribution of heat sources. Its purpose is twofold. The first aim is to present the mathematical argument in a form which, the author believes, is more succinct than that which has been given heretofore. The second aim is to determine the effect of the convective motions upon the moments of inertia of the body and, in the light of the results obtained, examine briefly the hypothesis that the moon is in a state of convection.

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Research Article
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Mathematika , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , December 1965 , pp. 128 - 137
Copyright
Copyright © University College London 1965

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