Cassini spacecraft reveals global energy imbalance of Saturn

Abstract The global energy budget is pivotal to understanding planetary evolution and climate behaviors. Assessing the energy budget of giant planets, particularly those with large seasonal cycles, however, remains a challenge without long-term observations. Evolution models of Saturn cannot explain...

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Main Authors: Xinyue Wang, Liming Li, Xun Jiang, Patrick M. Fry, Robert A. West, Conor A. Nixon, Larry Guan, Thishan D. Karandana G, Ronald Albright, Joshua E. Colwell, Tristan Guillot, Mark D. Hofstadter, Matthew E. Kenyon, Anthony Mallama, Santiago Perez-Hoyos, Agustin Sanchez-Lavega, Amy A. Simon, Daniel Wenkert, Xi Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48969-9