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Atmospheric depths of Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

S. F. Dermott
S. F. Dermott*
Affiliation:
The Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham, Swindon, Wilts, England

Abstract

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The presence of numerous near-commensurabilities among pairs of mean motions and the strong correlation between orbital radius and mass in the satellite systems of the three major planets (particularly in the Saturn system) suggest that the orbits of the satellites have evolved considerably under the action of tides. It is shown that the source of dissipation could be boundary layer turbulence at the base of the planetary atmosphere. If this is the source of dissipation then it should be possible to estimate the depths of these atmospheres from the mean rates of energy dissipation.

Type
Part III: Outer Planets
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 40: Planetary Atmospheres , 1971 , pp. 371 - 374
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1971 

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