Juno spacecraft gravity measurements provide evidence for normal modes of Jupiter

D Durante, T Guillot, L Iess, DJ Stevenson… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The Juno spacecraft has been collecting data to shed light on the planet's origin and
characterize its interior structure. The onboard gravity science experiment based on X-band …

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 …

Ring seismology of the ice giants uranus and neptune

JA A'Hearn, MM Hedman, CR Mankovich… - The Planetary …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We assess the prospect of using ring seismology to probe the interiors of the ice giants
Uranus and Neptune. We do this by calculating normal-mode spectra for different interior …

Dynamical tides in Jupiter as revealed by Juno

B Idini, DJ Stevenson - The Planetary Science Journal, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The Juno orbiter has continued to collect data on Jupiter's gravity field with unprecedented
precision since 2016, recently reporting a nonhydrostatic component in the tidal response of …

Constraining Saturn's interior with ring seismology: effects of differential rotation and stable stratification

JW Dewberry, CR Mankovich, J Fuller… - The Planetary Science …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Normal mode oscillations in Saturn excite density and bending waves in the C ring,
providing a valuable window into the planet's interior. Saturn's fundamental modes (f …

Saturn's seismic rotation revisited

CR Mankovich, JW Dewberry… - The Planetary Science …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Normal mode seismology is a promising means of measuring rotation in gas giant interiors,
and ring seismology presents a singular opportunity to do so at Saturn. We calculate …

The Case for Future Gravity Science Investigations at Saturn with a Planetary Orbiter

M Parisi - The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The next phase in the robotic exploration of the Saturnian system will target unresolved
questions about the gas giant's atmosphere, interior, magnetosphere, and rings that were …

Kronoseismology. VI. Reading the recent history of Saturn's gravity field in its rings

MM Hedman, PD Nicholson… - The Planetary …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Saturn's C ring contains multiple structures that appear to be density waves driven by time-
variable anomalies in the planet's gravitational field. Semiempirical extensions of density …

Analysis of Cassini Altimetric Crossovers on Titan

D Durante, M Mastrogiuseppe, E Carli, V Poggiali… - Remote Sensing, 2024 - mdpi.com
The Cassini spacecraft performed several flybys of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, collecting
valuable data. During several passes, altimetric data were acquired. Here, we focus on …

Uranus Orbiter and Probe: A Radio Science Investigation to Determine the Planet's Gravity Field, Depth of the Winds, and Tidal Deformations

M Parisi, AJ Friedson, CR Mankovich… - The Planetary …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The most recent Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey has proposed
Uranus as the target for NASA's next large-scale mission. The interior structure and …