Relation between the moment of inertia and the k2 Love number of fluid extra-solar planets

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Fig. 1

Contour plots showing (a) and Ñ (b) as a function of parameters α and z for a two-layer fluid planet, according to Eqs. (2) and (10), respectively. Since these variables are normalised to the values attained in the case of a homogeneous planet, they both range in the interval (0, 1).

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