Recovery and characterization of Neptunes near-polar stratospheric hot spot

Recovery and characterization of Neptunes near-polar stratospheric hot spot

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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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Main Authors: Orton, G, Fletcher, L, Liu, J, Schneider, T, Yanamandra-Fisher, P, De Pater, I, Edwards, M, Geballe, T, Hammel, H, Fujiyoshi, T, Encrenaz, T, Pantin, E, Mousis, O, Fuse, T
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2012

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