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28 March 2024
 
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Structures of the Planets Jupiter and Saturn
Gerald I. Kerley ;
Date 26 Jun 2013
AbstractNew equations of state (EOS) for hydrogen, helium, and compounds containing heavier elements are used to construct models for the structures of the planets Jupiter and Saturn. Good agreement with the gravitational moments J2 and J4 is obtained with a model that uses a two-layer gas envelope, in which the inner region is denser than the outer one, together with a small, dense core. It is possible to match J2 with a homogeneous envelope, but an envelope with a denser inner region is needed to match both moments. The two-layer envelope also gives good agreement with the global oscillation data for Jupiter. In Jupiter, the boundary between the inner and outer envelopes occurs at 319 GPa, with an 8% density increase. In Saturn, it occurs at 227 GPa, with a 69% density increase. The differences between the two planets show that the need for a density increase is not due to EOS errors. It is also shown that helium enrichment cannot be the cause of the density increase. The phenomenon can be explained as the result of enrichment of heavy elements from planetismals that were dispersed and mixed with the gases during planet formation. This conclusion is consistent with planetary formation models like that of Pollack, et al.
Source arXiv, 1307.3094
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