Comparative models of Uranus and Neptune
Abstract
Models of Uranus and Neptune are computed based on the assumption that these planets consist of three layers: a rock core, an ice shell, and an atmosphere. Uranus models require that the ice shell have a density some 10% lower than the canonical density for an ice mixture. Two Neptune models are found, one with the canonical density in the ice shell, and one with a density 20% lower. The implications of these models are discussed.
- Publication:
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Planetary and Space Science
- Pub Date:
- December 1995
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0032-0633(95)00061-5
- Bibcode:
- 1995P&SS...43.1517P