Published March 1983 | Version v1
Journal article

Evolution of the gravitational fields and figures of Jupiter and Saturn

  • 1. O. Yu. Shmidt Institute of Earth Physics, USSR Academy of Sciences

Description

The gravitational fields and figures of Jupiter and Saturn at different times in their evolutionary contraction are found through a numerical solution of the system of integrodifferential figure equations. The time variation of their angular velocity and radial density distribution is taken into account. Time dependences are obtained for the flattening of the planetary figures and the field harmonics of numbers 2, 4, and 6

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Sov. Astron. (Engl. Transl.)
Journal Volume
27
Journal Issue
2
Series
Sov. Astron. (Engl. Transl.).
Journal Page Range
210-214
ISSN
0038-5301

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Notes
Cover-to-cover translation of Astronomicheskij Zhurnal (USSR).