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Science 16 May 1980:
Vol. 208. no. 4445, pp. 746 - 748
DOI: 10.1126/science.208.4445.746
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Saturn's Luminosity and Magnetism

D. J. STEVENSON 1

1 Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles 90024

The Pioneer 11 results for Saturn's large heat output, small magnetic field, and near-axisymmetry of the field may all be explained by an interior model in which the helium is undergoing phase separation and is nonuniformly distributed. Substantial depletion of helium from the atmosphere is predicted.

Revised on November 26, 1979


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