The Origin of Jupiter’s Obliquity
The origin of the 3.°12 obliquity of Jupiter’s spin axis to its orbit normal is unknown. Improved estimates of Jupiter’s moment of inertia rule out a previously proposed explanation involving a resonance with the precession of the inclined orbit of Uranus. We find that a nonadiabatic crossing of the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2023-01-01
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| Series: | The Planetary Science Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acf9f8 |