Jupiter's Dynamical Love Number
Abstract
Recent observations by the Juno spacecraft have revealed that the tidal Love number k2 of Jupiter is 4% lower than the hydrostatic value. We present a simple calculation of the dynamical Love number of Jupiter that explains the observed "anomaly." The Love number is usually dominated by the response of the (rotation-modified) f-modes of the planet. Our method also allows for efficient computation of high-order dynamical Love numbers. While the inertial-mode contributions to the Love numbers are negligible, a sufficiently strong stratification in a large region of the planet's interior would induce significant g-mode responses and influence the measured Love numbers.
- Publication:
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The Planetary Science Journal
- Pub Date:
- August 2021
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2103.06186
- Bibcode:
- 2021PSJ.....2..122L
- Keywords:
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- Solar system gas giant planets;
- 1191;
- Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 6 pages (updated Figs.3-4 from V1)