Interiors of the giant planets

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May 1976

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976uat..rept.....h&link_type=abstract

Semiannual Report, 1 Oct. 1975 - 1 Apr. 1976 Arizona Univ., Tucson. Dept. of Planetary Sciences.

Physics

Jupiter (Planet), Planetology, Saturn (Planet), Uranus (Planet), Cooling, Geodesy, Miranda, Natural Satellites, Occultation, Planetary Atmospheres, Planetary Temperature, Scintillation

Scientific paper

Various investigations concerning Jupiter, Uranus and Saturn are discussed. Revisions in the Galilean satellite ephemerides led to a new interpretation of earth-based measurements of Jovian oblateness which agrees with Pioneer measurements. In the area of scintillation theory, a semi-qualitative result was obtained for spike profiles produced by finite stellar disks viewed through Kolmogorov turbulence. It was also possible to set limits on the systematic distortion of stellar occulation profiles by turbulence which minimize the systematic distortion problem. The position of Miranda was studied for the purpose of obtaining an accurate prediction of a possible stellar occultation by Miranda in 1977, following an occultation of the same star by Uranus. In addition, using thermodynamic calculations, a model was developed for the adiabiatic cooling of Jovian-type planets and an observational test of the model was proposed. The dynamic structure of Saturn's rings was also studied.

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