Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1773437 Icarus 2012 19 Pages PDF
Abstract
► Keck and Gemini obs. were used in 2011 to create high-S/N near-IR images of Uranus. ► Cloud tracking defined a 250 m/s jet peak at 60°N and solid rotation poleward. ► Combined 1997-2011 winds define a small and persistent hemispheric asymmetry. ► Uranus' north polar region found to contain numerous small bright cloud features. ► Uranus' north polar region unlike its south polar region but similar to Saturn's.
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