Calculations of the early evolution of Jupiter |
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Authors: | Peter Bodenheimer |
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Institution: | 1. Lick Observatory, Board of Studies in Astronomy and Astrophysics University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA;2. Ames Research Center, NASA, Moffett Field, California, USA |
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Abstract: | The evolution of the protoplanet Jupiter is followed, using a hydrodynamic computer code with radiative energy transport. Jupiter is assumed to have formed as a subcondensation in the primitive solar nebula at a density just high enough for gravitational collapse to occur. The initial state has a density of 1.5 × 10?11 g cm?3 and a temperature of 43 K; the calculations are carried to an equilibrium state where the central density reaches 0.5 g cm?3 and the central temperature reaches 2.5 × 104 K. During the early part of the evolution the object contracts in quasi-hydrostatic equilibrium; later on hydrodynamic collapse occurs, induced by the dissociation of hydrogen molecules. After dissociation is complete, the planet regains hydrostatic equilibrium with a radius of a few times the present value. Further evolution beyond this point is not treated here; however the results are consistent with the existence of a high-luminosity phase shortly after the planet settles into its final quasistatic contraction. |
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