Neutral atmospheres of the giant planets: an overview of composition measurements

T Encrenaz - The Outer Planets and their Moons: Comparative …, 2005 - Springer
Measurements of the chemical composition of the giant planets provide clues of their
formation and evolution processes. According to the currently accepted nucleation model …

The chemical atmospheric composition of the giant planets

T Encrenaz - Earth, Moon, and Planets, 1994 - Springer
For a long time it was believed that the atmospheres of the giant planets, dominated by
molecular hydrogen and helium, were similar in composition to the primordial nebula from …

Composition and origin of the atmosphere of Jupiter—an update, and implications for the extrasolar giant planets

SK Atreya, PR Mahaffy, HB Niemann, MH Wong… - Planetary and Space …, 2003 - Elsevier
New developments have led to this update of the composition and origin of Jupiter's
atmosphere that were originally discussed in our Planet. Space Sci. 47 (1999) 1243 paper …

Compositional constraints on giant planet formation

T Owen, T Encrenaz - Planetary and Space Science, 2006 - Elsevier
Using Ockham's razor as a guide, we have tried to find the simplest model for the formation
of giant planets that can explain current observations of atmospheric composition. While this …

Structure and composition of giant planet interiors

MS Matthews, JB Pollack, SK Atreya - Origin and evolution of …, 1989 - muse.jhu.edu
STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION OF GIANT PLANET INTERIORS WB HUBBA, RD
University ofArizona In the simplest model of a Jovian planet atmosphere, the atmospheric …

Structures of the planets Jupiter and Saturn

GI Kerley - arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.3094, 2013 - arxiv.org
New equations of state (EOS) for hydrogen, helium, and compounds containing heavier
elements are used to construct models for the structures of the planets Jupiter and Saturn …

The composition of outer planet atmospheres

D Gautier, T Owen - Origin and evolution of planetary and satellite …, 1989 - inis.iaea.org
[en] An evaluation is made of current information on the elemental abundances and D/H
ratios of the giant planets' atmospheres, together with extant hypotheses based on these …

Future missions related to the determination of the elemental and isotopic composition of earth, moon and the terrestrial planets

I Dandouras, M Blanc, L Fossati, M Gerasimov… - Space science …, 2020 - Springer
In this chapter, we review the contribution of space missions to the determination of the
elemental and isotopic composition of Earth, Moon and the terrestrial planets, with special …

Giant planets from the inside-out

T Guillot, LN Fletcher, R Helled, M Ikoma… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Giant planets acquire gas, ices and rocks during the early formation stages of planetary
systems and thus inform us on the formation process itself. Proceeding from inside out …

The interiors of giant planets: Models and outstanding questions

T Guillot - Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 2005 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract We know that giant planets played a crucial role in the making of our Solar
System. The discovery of giant planets orbiting other stars is a formidable opportunity to …