Recovery and characterization of Neptunes near-polar stratospheric hot spot
Images of Neptune obtained in 2006 at ESOs Very Large Telescope (Orton et al.; 2007, Astronomy and Astrophysics 473, L5) revealed a near-polar hot spot near 70°S latitude that was detectable in filters sampling both stratospheric methane (7 μm) and ethane (∼12 μm) emission. Such a feature was not pr...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2012
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