New indication for a dichotomy in the interior structure of Uranus and Neptune from the application of modified shape and rotation data

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 77, Issue , 2013, Pages 143-151

  Nettelmann, N ^a   Helled, R ^b   Fortney, J J ^c   Redmer, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Neptune; Planetary evolution; Planetary interiors; Uranus

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL STRUCTURE; LONG-TERM OBSERVATIONS; NEPTUNE; PLANETARY EVOLUTIONS; PLANETARY INTERIORS; SOLID-BODY ROTATION; THREE-LAYER STRUCTURES; URANUS;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; GRAVITATION; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; LUMINANCE; MODELS; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; ROTATION; WATER;

SATELLITES;

EID: 84875461706     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2012.06.019     Document Type: Article

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