Recent formation and structure models of Jupiter suggest that the planet can have composition gradients and not be fully convective (adiabatic). This possibility directly affects …
Context. While Jupiter's massive gas envelope consists mainly of hydrogen and helium, the key to understanding Jupiter's formation and evolution lies in the distribution of the …
Aims. The goal of this work is to investigate Jupiter's growth by focusing on the amount of heavy elements accreted by the planet, and to compare this with recent structure models of …
Recent structure models of Jupiter that match Juno gravity data suggest that the planet harbours an extended region in its deep interior that is enriched with heavy elements: a so …
The composition of Jupiter and the primordial distribution of the heavy elements are determined by its formation history. As a result, in order to constrain the primordial internal …
Y Miguel, T Guillot, L Fayon - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2016 - aanda.org
Context. Heavy elements, even though they are a smaller constituent, are crucial to understand the formation history of Jupiter. Interior models are used to determine the …
Context. The Juno mission has provided measurements of Jupiter's gravity field with an outstanding level of accuracy, leading to better constraints on the interior of the planet …
S Shibata, R Helled - The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Jupiter's atmosphere is enriched with heavy elements by a factor of about 3 compared to a protosolar composition. The origin of this enrichment and whether it represents the bulk …
R Helled, D Stevenson - The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Giant planets are thought to have cores in their deep interiors, and the division into a heavy- element core and hydrogen–helium envelope is applied in both formation and structure …