A suppression of differential rotation in Jupiter’s deep interior

T. Guillot (), Y. Miguel, B. Militzer, W. B. Hubbard, Y. Kaspi, E. Galanti, H. Cao, R. Helled, S. M. Wahl, L. Iess, W. M. Folkner, D. J. Stevenson, J. I. Lunine, D. R. Reese, A. Biekman, M. Parisi, D. Durante, J. E. P. Connerney, S. M. Levin and S. J. Bolton
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T. Guillot: Université Côte d’Azur, OCA, Lagrange CNRS
Y. Miguel: Université Côte d’Azur, OCA, Lagrange CNRS
B. Militzer: University of California
W. B. Hubbard: Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona
Y. Kaspi: Weizmann Institute of Science
E. Galanti: Weizmann Institute of Science
H. Cao: California Institute of Technology
R. Helled: University of Zurich
S. M. Wahl: University of California
L. Iess: Sapienza Università di Roma
W. M. Folkner: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
D. J. Stevenson: California Institute of Technology
J. I. Lunine: Cornell University
D. R. Reese: LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité
A. Biekman: Université Côte d’Azur, OCA, Lagrange CNRS
M. Parisi: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
D. Durante: Sapienza Università di Roma
J. E. P. Connerney: NASA/GSFC
S. M. Levin: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
S. J. Bolton: Southwest Research Institute

Nature, 2018, vol. 555, issue 7695, 227-230

Abstract: The determination of Jupiter’s even gravitational moments by the Juno spacecraft reveals that more than three thousand kilometres below the cloud tops, differential rotation is suppressed and the gas giant’s interior rotates as a solid body.

Date: 2018
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