The structure of the planets Jupiter and Saturn

Details The structure of the planets Jupiter and Saturn The structure of the planets Jupiter and Saturn

Dec 1976

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976phdt........11s&link_type=abstract

Ph.D. Thesis Arizona Univ., Tucson.

Computer Science

Equations Of State, Jupiter (Planet), Planetary Structure, Saturn (Planet), Chemical Composition, Helium, Hydrogen, Monte Carlo Method

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Planetary models for Jupiter and Saturn were computed using a fourth order theory and a new molecular equation of state. The equation of state for the molecular hydrogen and helium planetary envelopes was calculated using a Monte Carlo technique. Models for Jupiter were found that have a small amount of heavy elements either mixed with hydrogen and helium throughout the interior of the planet or concentrated in a small dense core. Saturn was modeled with a solar composition hydrogen and helium envelope and a small dense core. The molecular equation of state linked with suitable interior equations of state can produce Jovian models which satisfy the observational data. The planetary models show that the enrichment of heavy elements (relative to solar composition) was approximately three times for Jupiter and ten times for Saturn.

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