在木星深处抑制差分旋转
T Guillot1, Y Miguel1,2, B Militzer3
1Université Côte d'Azur, OCA, Lagrange CNRS, 06304 Nice, France.
Nature
|March 9, 2018
概括
木星的深层旋转几乎是硬的, 这一发现基于朱诺号航天器的数据, 揭示了这个气体巨星的内部结构和大气动态.
科学领域:
- 星球科学
- 流体动力学
- 地质学
背景情况:
- 木星在大气中呈现差异性旋转,不同的区域和带以不同的速度旋转.
- 了解木星内部的旋转对于探测它的结构和组成至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定木星的内部是否像大气层一样旋转.
- 使用引力数据限制木星大气区域流动的深度.
主要方法:
- 来自朱诺航天器数据的木星偶引力波 (J4,J6,J8,J10) 的分析.
- 观察到的重力波与内部模型的预测进行比较.
- 结果与先前确定的奇数重力波 (J3,J5,J7,J9) 的整合.
主要成果:
- 木星的深层内部几乎像一个刚性物体一样旋转,随着深度的增加,其旋转差异显著下降.
- 大气的区域流延伸到2000至3500公里的深度.
- 结果与从奇数重力波推断的深度一致,与增加的电导率和抑制的微分旋转相关.
结论:
- 木星的深部没有大气层中看到的强烈的分离旋转.
- 不同旋转的大气层的深度受到重力测量的限制.
- 这些发现对理解其他巨行星和棕矮星的旋转有意义,
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