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Table 2

Jupiter’s core properties, equatorial radius, and gravitational harmonic coefficients, compared with the available observed data.

mC xC ρC Re J2 J4 J6 J8
(MJ) (Rp) (g cm−3) (km) ×106 ×106 ×106 ×106
data 71492 ± 4 14696.514 ± 0.272 − 586.623 ± 0.363 34.244 ± 0.236 − 2.502 ± 0.311
0.100 0.164 30.0a 71492.6 14696.513 586.991 32.696 2.807
0.010 0.076 30.0a 71492.6 14696.519 586.899 33.047 2.864
0.126b 0.200 20.9 71492.6 14696.513 587.012 32.638 2.796
0.126b 0.300 6.19 71492.6 14696.511 586.832 33.170 2.883
0.100 0.289 5.49c 71492.6 14696.514 586.836 33.295 2.904
0.010 0.108 10.5c 71492.6 14696.510 586.891 33.082 2.869

Notes. (a) This corresponds to Case (1) with the maximum core density ρC = 30 g cm−3. (b) This corresponds to Case (2) with the maximum core mass mC = 0.12585. (c) This corresponds to Case (3) with the zero density jump ΔηCEB = 0.

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