Publication Date:
2019-06-27
Description:
Pinhole photoelectric area-scanning photometry of the Uranus disk demonstrates directly the existence of both limb and polar brightening in the 7300 A CH4 band. Polar brightening, which appears to be present also at continuum wavelengths, is interpreted as being caused by scattering in a thin aerosol haze located over the polar region.
Keywords:
LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
Type:
Astrophysical Journal; vol. 214
Format:
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