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Ocean Circulation on Tide-locked Lava Worlds, Part I: An Idealized 2D Numerical Model
Yanhong Lai, Jun Yang, Wanying Kang
A magma ocean is expected to exist on the dayside of tide-locked planets if surface temperature exceeds the melting temperature of typical crust. As highly prioritized targets for…
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Ocean Circulation on Tide-locked Lava Worlds, Part II: Scalings
Yanhong Lai, Wanying Kang, Jun Yang
On tidally locked lava planets, magma ocean can form on the permanent dayside. The circulation of the magma ocean can be driven by stellar radiation and atmospheric winds. The stre…