Empirical models of pressure and density in Saturn's interior: Implications for the helium concentration, its depth dependence, and Saturn's precession rate

Icarus

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 368-377

  Helled, Ravit ^a   Schubert, Gerald ^a   Anderson, John D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundances; interior; interiors; Saturn

Indexed keywords

EID: 58649107877     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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