INTERNAL HEAT

At the base of the crust, it's

approximately 1000°C. At the base of the
mantle, temperatures are around 3500°C.
CRUST Earth's centre is more than 6000°C.
Earth's heat comes from two main
sources: physical processes early in its
formation, and radioactive decay.

The temperature of the mantle varies

greatly, from 1000°C (1832°F) near its
boundary with the crust, to 3700°C
MANTLE (6692°F) near its boundary with the core. In
the mantle, heat and pressure generally
increase with depth. The geothermal
gradient is a measurement of this increase.

The outer core, about 2,200 kilometers

(1,367 miles) thick, is mostly composed of Internal heat is the heat
OUTER liquid iron and nickel. The NiFe alloy of the source from the interior
CORE outer core is very hot, between 4,500° and of celestial objects,
5,500° Celsius (8,132° and 9,932° such as stars, brown
Fahrenheit). dwarfs, planets, moons,
dwarf planets, and (in
Temperature in the inner core is about 5,200° the early history of the
Celsius (9,392° Fahrenheit). The pressure is nearly
INNER 3.6 million atmosphere (atm). The temperature of Solar System) even
CORE the inner core is far above the melting point of iron. asteroids such as Vesta,
However, unlike the outer core, the inner core is not resulting from
liquid or even molten. contraction caused by
gravity (the Kelvin–
Helmholtz mechanism),
JOMAR FELECIANO nuclear fusion, tidal
heating, ...
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