Jupiter as a Rotating Bipolytrope

Abstract

Polytropes have long been used to model a wide variety of astrophysical objects. A bipolytrope (composite polytrope) may be used for bodies with a distinct core-envelope structure. In this short paper, I demonstrate that a rotating bipolytrope is a reasonable approximation for Jovian interior. Similar models may be used to probe rotating exoplanets to gain an intuitive understanding of their internal structure.

arXiv commentResearch Notes of the AAS article with 1 figure

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