What is it about?
Simultaneous observations of Neptune and its icy moon Triton in visible and infrared bands are compared to other observational campaigns that correspond to different seasons.
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Why is it important?
Determining the altitudes of clouds and hazes, and seasonal change, reveals unique information about the chemical and thermal structure of a remote atmosphere. The Neptune "ice giant" planet class, which includes Uranus, is proving to be more representative of outer planets in extrasolar systems than the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn.
Perspectives
The ice giants and their moons take a lifetime to go through a year, and it is exciting to see the evolution of such systems over the course of a career.
Professor Timothy E. Dowling
University of Louisville
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This page is a summary of: Coordinated 1996 HST and IRTF Imaging of Neptune and Triton II. Implications of Disk-Integrated Photometry, Icarus, February 2001, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6563.
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