Answered Question

davepamn

M¢25 Funded By Mahalo ? | August 25, 2009 04:47 AM

Is there enough iron in the Milky Way produced by 8-11 Stellar Mass stars for an iron core earth?

Is iron concentrated enough and in large enough portions in the stellar material to form an iron core center for the earth?

Interesting Question? Yes (0) No (0)

RSS

Best Answer Decided by Votes

omicron

September 05, 2009 12:09 AM

Yeah, if it's lucky enough to all glom into the same ball of iron, but earth's iron didn't come from nova of (a) solar mass star(s)... it came from (a) supernova(s).

We know that because earth has elements heavier than iron, and elements heavier than iron only come from supernovas.

Helpful Answer?

(1)

(0)

Helpful: davepamn

Tip omicron for this answer

Permalink | Report

Voted as best: kareul, davepamn

davepamn

September 05, 2009 10:44 PM

It seems young stars can create planets in the stellar wake and the matter can condense into a core.

Tip davepamn for this comment

Report

omicron

September 05, 2009 10:59 PM

By "stellar wake" do you mean like in a chain of beads being left behind the star like a trail as it orbits around the galaxy?

If so, that's *very* interesting. Theoretically it means you could have a huge cloud of gas containing elements heavier than helium that's just sitting there, then a star blows through condensing the stuff into planets - with core - behind it, and then another star yet again could pass by and pick it up?

Right?

Tip omicron for this comment

Report

Answer this Question

Ask a Question

Top of Page

Buy Mahalo Dollars with Credit Card or PayPal

Top Members

This Week All Time

buddawiggi
2nd Degree Black Belt
26830 Points
M$782.84 Earned
kty2777
Purple Belt with a Brown Tip
5313 Points
M$198.17 Earned
opher
Purple Belt
4027 Points
M$170.67 Earned

See All

Most Popular Tags

mahalo(1577)

twitter(942)

iphone(460)

music(458)

google(347)

food(312)

internet(301)

online(288)

beer(277)

money(260)

movies(253)

facebook(252)

apple(249)

aotd(235)

answers(220)

health(217)

video(201)

free(200)

dog(200)

windows(196)

See All

Welcome New Members

frggy69, November 25, 2009 01:28 AM
thefrogman, November 25, 2009 01:10 AM
purpledarts, November 25, 2009 01:03 AM
dmourey, November 25, 2009 01:02 AM
ncsa, November 25, 2009 12:58 AM

Mahalo Dollars are the currency of Mahalo Answers.

Each Mahalo Dollar costs $1.

Once you earn more than 40 Mahalo Dollars, you can request to be paid via PayPal. Each Mahalo Dollar is currently worth $0.75 when paid out via PayPal. Learn More