Assertion: terrestrial planet's core | /r/CapableOf | generate heat
Facets:
value: through the decay of that material
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Before leaving this topic it might be noted that if large amounts of uranium were pulled into the core, the core would still be generating heat through the decay of that material and would still have a very high temperature; and as shown in the temperature graph, although the exact temperatures in the core are very uncertain (because the exact composition is not known, making laboratory simulations of uncertain accuracy), they are certainly much hotter than in the mantle, and there is a bigger, faster rise in temperature at the boundary between the mantle and the core than at the boundary between the crust and the mantle.