The Upper Atmosphere of Uranus from Stellar Occultations. II. Revised Temperatures in the Upper Stratosphere and Lower Thermosphere

Measurements made by Voyager 2 during its flyby of Uranus in 1986 found warm stratospheric and hot thermospheric temperatures that cannot be explained by solar energy alone. This contributes to what is known as the “giant planet energy crisis”: there is a fundamental lack of understanding of the ene...

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Main Authors: William R. Saunders, Michael J. Person, Paul Withers, Richard G. French, Chanita Tubthong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Series:The Planetary Science Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad7c4d