Publication Date:
2011-08-16
Description:
New measurements verify that Neptune is brighter than Uranus near 20 microns and show that both planets have increasing brightness temperature with decreasing wavelength between 34 and 22.5 microns. The observations are not compatible with existing models for the atmospheres of these planets.
Keywords:
LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
Type:
Astrophysical Journal; 193; Nov. 1
Format:
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