All About Space

16 Loss of a magnetic feeling

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Although it is often referred to as Earth’s twin, something that differenti­ates the two planets deep down to their cores is that Venus creates a negligible magnetic field. Planetary scientists believe that Venus has an iron core that is a similar size to Earth’s. However, due to the sluggish rotation of Venus, consequent­ly reducing the motion of the planet’s core, this weakens the planet’s magnetic field, or magnetosph­ere.

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