The Obliquity of Jupiter

Details The Obliquity of Jupiter The Obliquity of Jupiter

Mar 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006apj...640l..91w&link_type=abstract

The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 640, Issue 1, pp. L91-L94.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Celestial Mechanics, Planets And Satellites: Individual: Jupiter, Solar System: General

Scientific paper

The spin-axis precession period of Jupiter is near that of a fundamental Laplace-Lagrange solar system mode describing the precession of Uranus's orbit plane (~4.3×105 yr). As a result, a portion of the 3.1d obliquity of Jupiter may actually be forced by a spin-orbit secular resonance with Uranus. If this portion predominates, it allows for a constraint on Jupiter's moment of inertia that is independent of interior models.

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