Nature Communications (Sep 2018)
Less absorbed solar energy and more internal heat for Jupiter
- Liming Li,
- X. Jiang,
- R. A. West,
- P. J. Gierasch,
- S. Perez-Hoyos,
- A. Sanchez-Lavega,
- L. N. Fletcher,
- J. J. Fortney,
- B. Knowles,
- C. C. Porco,
- K. H. Baines,
- P. M. Fry,
- A. Mallama,
- R. K. Achterberg,
- A. A. Simon,
- C. A. Nixon,
- G. S. Orton,
- U. A. Dyudina,
- S. P. Ewald,
- R. W. Schmude
Affiliations
- Liming Li
- Department of Physics, University of Houston
- X. Jiang
- Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston
- R. A. West
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
- P. J. Gierasch
- Department of Astronomy, Cornell University
- S. Perez-Hoyos
- Departamento de Fisica Aplicada I, Escuela de Ingenieria UPV/EHU
- A. Sanchez-Lavega
- Departamento de Fisica Aplicada I, Escuela de Ingenieria UPV/EHU
- L. N. Fletcher
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester
- J. J. Fortney
- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California
- B. Knowles
- CICLOPS/Space Science Institute, Boulder
- C. C. Porco
- CICLOPS/Space Science Institute, Boulder
- K. H. Baines
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
- P. M. Fry
- Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- A. Mallama
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maryland
- R. K. Achterberg
- Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland
- A. A. Simon
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- C. A. Nixon
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- G. S. Orton
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
- U. A. Dyudina
- Space Science Institute
- S. P. Ewald
- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech
- R. W. Schmude
- Gordon State College
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06107-2
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
Radiant energy budgets and internal heat play a key role in the evolution of planets. Here, the authors analyze data from the Cassini mission to show that Jupiter’s radiant energy and internal heat budgets are significantly larger than previous estimates.
