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Why do Jupiter models want fewer heavy elements than its atmosphere shows?
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The Galileo probe measured an atmosphere enriched in heavy elements, but many interior models that fit Juno's gravity need a less enriched outer layer. Either the models or the assumed relation between pressure, temperature and density of hydrogen-helium (the equation of state) is wrong, or the planet has an unexpected layering.
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Revision 1: The Galileo probe found atmospheric heavy-element enrichment of roughly three times solar, while many Juno-fitting interior models require a lower $Z$ in the outer envelope, implying an inverted $Z$ gradient. Determine whether this tension arises from hydrogen-helium equation-of-state errors, deep wind effects on gravity, or a real compositional inversion. An answer is an interior model with atmospheric $Z$ that fits J_2n and $k_2$, or a demonstration that the inversion is required.
Revision 2: The Galileo probe found atmospheric heavy-element enrichment of roughly three times solar, while many Juno-fitting interior models require a lower $Z$ in the outer envelope, implying an inverted $Z$ gradient. Determine whether this tension arises from hydrogen-helium equation-of-state errors, deep wind effects on gravity, or a real compositional inversion. An answer is an interior model with atmospheric $Z$ that fits $J_2n$ and $k_2$, or a demonstration that the inversion is required.
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Interior models using independently validated equations of state and wind-corrected gravity harmonics that either remove or require the inversion.
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