A Comparison of the Interiors of Jupiter and Saturn

Details A Comparison of the Interiors of Jupiter and Saturn A Comparison of the Interiors of Jupiter and Saturn

1999-07-28

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9907402v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

25 pages, 6 tables, 10 figures Planetary and Space Science, in press

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0032-0633(99)00043-4

Interior models of Jupiter and Saturn are calculated and compared in the framework of the three-layer assumption, which rely on the perception that both planets consist of three globally homogeneous regions: a dense core, a metallic hydrogen envelope, and a molecular hydrogen envelope. Within this framework, constraints on the core mass and abundance of heavy elements (i.e. elements other than hydrogen and helium) are given by accounting for uncertainties on the measured gravitational moments, surface temperature, surface helium abundance, and on the inferred protosolar helium abundance, equations of state, temperature profile and solid/differential interior rotation.

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