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On the volatile enrichments and composition of Jupiter

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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 622, Issue 2, Pages L145-L148

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IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1086/429662

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planetary systems; planetary systems : formation; solar system : formation

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Using the clathrate hydrates trapping theory, we discuss the enrichments in volatiles in the atmosphere of Jupiter measured by the Galileo probe in the framework of new extended core accretion planet formation models including migration and disk evolution. We construct a self-consistent model in which the volatile content of planetesimals accreted during the formation of Jupiter is calculated from the thermodynamical evolution of the disk. Assuming CO2:CO:CH4 = 30:10:1 (ratios compatible with interstellar medium measurements), we show that we can explain the enrichments in volatiles in a way compatible with the recent constraints set from internal structure modeling on the total amount of heavy elements present in the planet.

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