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PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE
Volume 55, Issue 4, Pages 407-412Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2006.07.008
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planets; rotation; Jupiter; internal convection; stellar interiors
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We study how the pattern of thermal convection and differential rotation in the interior of a giant gaseous planet is affected by the presence of a small solid core as a function of the planetary rotation rate. We show, using 2D anelastic, hydrodynamic simulations, that the presence of a small solid core results in significantly different flow structure relative to that of a fully convective interior only if there is little or no planetary rotation. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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