thermal inertia
(a measure of a material's ability to absorb heat through conduction)
Thermal inertia is a measure of the rate at which a material
can absorb heat.
I = √(kρc)
- I - thermal inertia (a lower such inertia indicates heat can be absorbed at a greater rate).
- ρ - density.
- k - thermal conductivity.
- c - specific heat capacity.
On astronomical bodies, thermal inertia of the surface material
affects the body's climate and weather, specifically its response
to its daylight and its seasons, i.e.,
to the higher and lower amounts of incoming electromagnetic radiation.
(physics,thermodynamics,measure)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volumetric_heat_capacity#Thermal_inertia
https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803103901236
http://redplanet.asu.edu/?p=13015
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1981IAUS...96...89M/abstract
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2002/pdf/1144.pdf
https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2015/pdf/2914.pdf
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