Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1774568 | Icarus | 2009 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
We obtained near-infrared spectra of Uranus at NASA’s Infrared Telescope Facility during the planet’s September 2006 and September 2007 oppositions. Ratios between the spectra indicate that in 2006, Uranus’ methane windows appeared much brighter in the south than in the north, and that between 2006 and 2007 they grew dimmer in the south and brighter in the north; we interpret these variations to be primarily caused by changing brightness in Uranus’ upper cloud layer near 2 bars.
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Authors
J.W. Norwood, N.J. Chanover,