Published February 1977
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Journal Article
Turbulent Viscosity and Jupiter's Tidal Q
- Creators
- Goldreich, Peter
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Nicholson, Philip D.
Abstract
A recent estimate of tidal dissipation by turbulent viscosity in Jupiter's convective interior predicts that the current value of the planet's tidal Q ∼ 5 × 10^6. We point out a fundamental error in this calculation, and show that turbulent dissipation alone implies that at present Q ∼ 5 × 10^(13). Our reduced estimate for the rate of tidal dissipation shows conclusively that tidal torques have produced only negligible modifications of the orbits of the Galilean satellites over the age of the solar system.
Additional Information
© 1977 Academic Press, Inc. Received May 10, 1976; revised July 29, 1976. This research was supported by NASA Grant NGL 05-002-003.Additional details
- Eprint ID
- 37303
- DOI
- 10.1016/0019-1035(77)90163-4
- Resolver ID
- CaltechAUTHORS:20130305-111808710
- NGL 05-002-003
- NASA
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- Caltech groups
- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
- Other Numbering System Name
- Caltech Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
- Other Numbering System Identifier
- 2760