If Jupiter's Radius Is Contracting at a Rate of 2

question 32

Multiple Choice

If Jupiter's radius is contracting at a rate of 2 cm/yr it would explain

• A) differential convection that powers Jupiter's Great Red Spot.
• B) Jupiter's rotation rate slowing with time.
• C) Jupiter's shape being oblate.
• D) Jupiter radiating more heat than it receives from the Sun.
• E) Jupiter's orbit around the Sun getting smaller.

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