Jupiter’s atmospheric jet streams extend thousands of kilometres deep

The determination of Jupiter’s odd gravitational harmonics by the Juno spacecraft reveals that the observed jet streams extend to about three thousand kilometres below the cloud tops. Probing the depths of Jupiter The Juno mission set out to probe the hidden properties of Jupiter, such as its gravit...

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Published in:	Nature (London) Vol. 555; no. 7695; pp. 223 - 226
Main Authors:	Kaspi, Y., Galanti, E., Hubbard, W. B., Stevenson, D. J., Bolton, S. J., Iess, L., Guillot, T., Bloxham, J., Connerney, J. E. P., Cao, H., Durante, D., Folkner, W. M., Helled, R., Ingersoll, A. P., Levin, S. M., Lunine, J. I., Miguel, Y., Militzer, B., Parisi, M., Wahl, S. M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 08.03.2018 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	639/33/445/823 639/33/445/846 Astrophysics Asymmetry Depth profiling Flow profiles Fluid dynamics Gas giant planets Gravitation Gravitational fields Gravity Harmonics Humanities and Social Sciences Jet streams (meteorology) Jovian atmosphere Jupiter Jupiter atmosphere Jupiter probes letter multidisciplinary Natural history Physics Science Wind Wind fields Winds Working groups
ISSN:	0028-0836, 1476-4687, 1476-4687
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