Determining solar effects in Neptune’s atmosphere

The causes behind fluctuations in Neptune's brightness as observed from Earth have proved enigmatic. Here, Aplin and Harrison use photometric observations to show that solar ultraviolet radiation and galactic cosmic rays combined are responsible for the fluctuations originating in Neptune’s atm...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: K. L. Aplin, R. G. Harrison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11976