Atmospheric Helium Abundances in the Giant Planets

N Nettelmann, M Cano Amoros, N Tosi, R Helled… - Space Science …, 2024 - Springer
Noble gases are accreted to the giant planets as part of the gas component of the planet-
forming disk. While heavier noble gases can separate from the evolution of the hydrogen …

The fuzzy cores of Jupiter and Saturn

R Helled, DJ Stevenson - AGU Advances, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
New interior models of Jupiter and Saturn suggest that both planets have “fuzzy cores.”
These cores should be viewed as central regions that are enriched with heavy elements but …

Numerical Modelling of Zonal Winds on Gas Giants

PN Wulff - 2023 - ediss.uni-goettingen.de
The outer regions of both Jupiter and Saturn feature strong, alternately eastward and
westward zonal winds. Cloud tracking has yielded latitudinal profiles of these winds, which …