Detection of methane and ethane emission on Neptune but not on Uranus

• 1 December 1977
• journal article
• Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal
• Vol. 218, L79-L81
• https://doi.org/10.1086/182580

Abstract

Keywords

• ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION
• ETHANE
• METHANE
• NEPTUNE (PLANET)
• PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES
• URANUS (PLANET)
• BANDPASS FILTERS
• BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE
• PHOTODISSOCIATION
• TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS
• THERMAL EMISSION