Calculations of the effects of angular momentum on the early evolution of Jupiter

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Jul 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977icar...31..356b&link_type=abstract

Icarus, vol. 31, July 1977, p. 356-368.

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Angular Momentum, Jupiter (Planet), Planetary Evolution, Planetology, Angular Velocity, Density Distribution, Energy Dissipation, Galilean Satellites, Momentum Transfer, Natural Satellites

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Early phases in the evolutionary development of a rotating cloud of gas and dust are investigated to determine whether physically reasonable initial conditions are likely to produce a planet-satellite system with the values of specific orbital angular momentum currently observed for Jupiter and its inner satellites. Spherically symmetric computations of Jupiter's evolutionary history are reviewed, and transport of angular momentum is considered along with evolutionary sequences of individual differentially rotating models with decreasing values of equatorial radius. The problem of accounting for the present specific orbital angular momenta of Jupiter and its regular satellites is examined qualitatively, and a range of possible angular-momentum distributions in an initially tidally unstable cloud is assessed. The results show that particular physically plausible angular-momentum distributions, which could either be established as initial conditions or be caused by angular-momentum transport, will lead to favorable situations for the formation of a central planet and a surrounding rotating cloud with specific angular momentum comparable to that of the regular satellites.

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