A tentative identification of Jovian global oscillations

Details A tentative identification of Jovian global oscillations A tentative identification of Jovian global oscillations

Nov 1991

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Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 251, no. 1, Nov. 1991, p. 356-364. Research supported by INSU and CNRS.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Astronomical Spectroscopy, Doppler Effect, Jupiter (Planet), Line Spectra, Planetary Rotation, Seismology, Celestial Mechanics, Nutation, Oscillations, Solar Spectra

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The identification of the Jovian frequency spectrum obtained by Schmider et al. (1990, 1991) is proposed from Doppler shift observations of the solar sodium D line reflected by the planet, as a signature of Jovian global-pressure modes. The spectrum, derived from 4 nights of observations, presents high-amplitude peaks whose origin in undoubtedly not noise, but it suffers from the daily interruption in the observations. Echelle diagram analysis has allowed the determination of a regular pattern, corresponding to the regularity indicated by the asymptotic theory (Tassoul 1980) revised for Jovian seismology (Provost et al., in preparation). The observed equidistance is not a direct measurement of the characteristic frequency, but is closely related to it. As expected two frequencies dominate the spectrum: the rotational frequencies of the earth and of Jupiter. However, it has been possible to construct an echelle diagram based on a frequency which satisfies three criteria. The physical implications of the low value of the characteristic frequency and of the large amplitudes of detected oscillations are discussed.

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