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Can radio occultations constrain Uranus or Neptune's internal rotation periods?
Christopher R. Mankovich, Alex B. Akins, Dustin Buccino +2
The shapes of fluid planets bear the signatures of rotational flattening and atmospheric flows. Precise knowledge of their shapes and wind profiles may therefore reveal their inter…
astro-ph.EP2026
Excitation and Damping of Oscillation Modes in Gaseous Planets
Jim Fuller, Marzia Parisi, Steve Markham +2
The excitation and damping mechanisms for oscillation modes of gas giant planets are undetermined. We show that differential rotation may greatly enhance convective viscosity in gi…