Measuring the Jovian oscillations as a tool for investigating the internal structure of the planet.
Abstract
The oscillations of Jupiter, if detectable, would constrain theories of its interior. This work predicts the pattern of expected pressure modes, using the ray tracing method. Observations of low degree p-modes, obtainable from the ground, would accurately provide the value of the radius of the planetary core; observations of high degree modes, conducted from space, would provide a signature of the external transition.
- Publication:
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Academie des Sciences Paris Comptes Rendus Serie B Sciences Physiques
- Pub Date:
- November 1988
- Bibcode:
- 1988CRASB.307.1641M
- Keywords:
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- Elastic Waves;
- Jupiter (Planet);
- Planetary Composition;
- Planetary Structure;
- Acoustic Velocity;
- Metallic Hydrogen;
- Planetary Cores;
- Ray Tracing;
- Stellar Oscillations;
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration;
- Jupiter Interior:Structure;
- Jupiter:Oscillations;
- Oscillations:Jupiter