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Atmospheric entry into Jupiter's atmosphere in view of recent flyby resultsThe paper examines the heating levels experienced by a probe entering Kliore's (1974) model of Jupiter's atmosphere and compares the results with those of the Jupiter model atmospheres given elsewhere (NASA SP-8069, 1971), with the heating levels of Tauber (1969) and Tauber and Wakefield (1971). The computations are made using a point-mass atmospheric entry trajectory program, i.e., the Allen-Eggers (1958) analysis and simple correlations of heating. Results of heating calculations are compared and discussed. It is found that the warm temperature bulge exists at a level too low in the atmosphere to affect any heating and that the nominal atmosphere fits Kliore's model atmosphere best insofar as heating is concerned. Previous estimates of the heating levels to be expected for a probe entering Jupiter's atmosphere are therefore unaffected by Kliore's postulated atmospheres.
Document ID
19760045488
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Nachtsheim, P. R.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Tindle, E.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Howe, J. T.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, Calif., United States)
Date Acquired
August 8, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1976
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets
Volume: 13
Subject Category
Aerodynamics
Accession Number
76A28454
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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