Nature Communications (Jun 2020)

Numerical simulations help revealing the dynamics underneath the clouds of Jupiter

  • Johannes Wicht,
  • Thomas Gastine

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16680-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 4

Abstract

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Since its arrival at Jupiter in 2016, NASA’s Juno spacecraft has been performing high-precision measurement of the gravity and magnetic fields. When combined with numerical simulations, they provide a unique window to the dynamics in the planet’s deep atmosphere.