no code implementations • 9 Feb 2021 • Jonathan J. Fortney, Rebekah I. Dawson, Thaddeus D. Komacek
Finally we discuss aspects of their atmospheres in the context of observations and 1D and 3D models, including atmospheric structure and escape, spectroscopic signatures, and complex atmospheric circulation.
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
no code implementations • 29 Jan 2021 • Benno A. Neuenschwander, Ravit Helled, Naor Movshovitz, Jonathan J. Fortney
Given that only the first few gravitational moments of Jupiter are measured with high precision, we show that an accurate and independent measurement of the MoI value could be used to further constrain Jupiter's interior.
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
no code implementations • 13 Jan 2021 • Daniel P. Thorngren, Jonathan J. Fortney, Eric D. Lopez, Travis A. Berger, Daniel Huber
In this work, we examine the observed population of hot Jupiters to see if they grow as their parent stars brighten along the main sequence.
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
1 code implementation • 19 Jan 2018 • Lisa Dang, Nicolas B. Cowan, Joel C. Schwartz, Emily Rauscher, Michael Zhang, Heather A. Knutson, Michael Line, Ian Dobbs-Dixon, Drake Deming, Sudarsan Sundararajan, Jonathan J. Fortney, Ming Zhao
The peculiar infrared flux map of CoRoT-2b may result from westward winds due to non-synchronous rotation magnetic effects, or partial cloud coverage, that obscures the emergent flux from the planet's eastern hemisphere.
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
