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Question:

A small, rapidly moving planet, with a completely solid core would not have a magnetic field, right?

Note: This planet is orbiting a Sun-like star at a distance of 1 AUI think it wouldn‘t have a magnetic field because a requirement for a magnetic field is that there is an interior region of electrically conducting fluid (liquid or gas), such as molten material.

Answer:

That is correct. Most scientific theories suggest this is actually what happened with mars. When the core freezes and becomes a solid, the magnetic field stops. When this happens, the solar winds strip the planet of it's atmosphere.

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