Measurement of Jupiter’s asymmetric gravity field

L. Iess (), W. M. Folkner, D. Durante, M. Parisi, Y. Kaspi, E. Galanti, T. Guillot, W. B. Hubbard, D. J. Stevenson, J. D. Anderson, D. R. Buccino, L. Gomez Casajus, A. Milani, R. Park, P. Racioppa, D. Serra, P. Tortora, M. Zannoni, H. Cao, R. Helled, J. I. Lunine, Y. Miguel, B. Militzer, S. Wahl, J. E. P. Connerney, S. M. Levin and S. J. Bolton
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L. Iess: Sapienza Università di Roma
W. M. Folkner: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
D. Durante: Sapienza Università di Roma
M. Parisi: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Y. Kaspi: Weizmann Institute of Science
E. Galanti: Weizmann Institute of Science
T. Guillot: Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur
W. B. Hubbard: Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona
D. J. Stevenson: California Institute of Technology
J. D. Anderson: Southwest Research Institute
D. R. Buccino: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
L. Gomez Casajus: Università di Bologna
A. Milani: Università di Pisa
R. Park: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
P. Racioppa: Sapienza Università di Roma
D. Serra: Università di Pisa
P. Tortora: Università di Bologna
M. Zannoni: Università di Bologna
H. Cao: California Institute of Technology
R. Helled: University of Zurich
J. I. Lunine: Cornell University
Y. Miguel: Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur
B. Militzer: University of California
S. Wahl: University of California
J. E. P. Connerney: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
S. M. Levin: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
S. J. Bolton: Southwest Research Institute

Nature, 2018, vol. 555, issue 7695, 220-222

Abstract: Precise Doppler tracking of the Juno spacecraft in its polar orbit around Jupiter is used to determine the planet’s gravity harmonics, showing north–south asymmetry caused by atmospheric and interior flows.

Date: 2018
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