Super-Earths are not a good place for plate tectonics
Large planets have stiff outer shells, simulations suggest
![Kepler-62f](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ts_superearth_free.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
JUMBO-SIZE PLANET Big rocky super-Earths such as Kepler-62f, shown in this illustration, probably don’t have active plate tectonics, new research suggests.
JPL-Caltech, Ames/NASA