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Table 3

Helium volume mixing ratio, internal heat flux (Fint), and top temperature and pressure used for the giant planets and icy giants of the solar system.

Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune

0.136 0.12 0.152 0.150
T top K 166 133 102 97
p top bar 1. 1. 2. 2.
F int W/m2 5.4 2.6a 0.04 0.41

Notes.Unless stated otherwise, data are from Guillot (2005). For Uranus and Neptune, we decided to start our integration below the methane cloud base to avoid further assumptions. However, computed potential temperatures always use a 1 bar reference pressure.

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