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Science 12 June 1970:
Vol. 168. no. 3937, pp. 1340 - 1342
DOI: 10.1126/science.168.3937.1340
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Jupiter's Convection and Its Red Spot

R. Smoluchowski 1

1 Solid State and Materials Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540

Physical properties of the liquid hydrogen-helium layer of Jupiter are calculated and used in evaluating convection and in interpreting the approximately constant rate of longitudinal motion of the Red Spot on the basis of the Hide-Streett model.

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