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Podolak et al. 1990
Podolak, M., Reynolds, R.T. and Young, R. (1990). Post Voyager comparisons of the interiors of Uranus and Neptune. Geophysical Research Letters 17: doi: 10.1029/90GL00882. issn: 0094-8276.

The recent Voyager flyby of Uranus and Neptune has provided refined values for the gravitational moments and rotation periods of those planets. Using these new paramters, models of the interiors of these planets show that their density distributions are very similar. This lends support to the conjecture that their compositions are similar as well. The models are indeed consistent with such a conjecture. The difference in the internal heat sources of these two planets may be due to the fact that heat transport from the interior of Uranus is inhibited by a statically stable interior. ¿The American Geophysical Union 1990

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Planetology, Fluid Planets, Interiors
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