08-26-2023, 06:03 AM
"Neptune's disappearing clouds linked to solar cycle, study shows"
This discovery using the Keck Observatory on MK has surprised scientists. Neptune is a long way from the sun and any relatively small variations in the sun's output seemed unlikely to influence any major changes on Neptune. However, there is a strong correlation between Neptune's upper-level clouds disappearing recently and solar activity.
"Findings from extensive long-term observations of Neptune have been published in the scientific journal "Icarus," revealing a surprising connection between the vanishing clouds of the distant ice giant and the solar cycle. This discovery is particularly remarkable when considering that Neptune, being the smallest and most remote of the gas giants, resides far from the Sun. It receives only 1/900th of the solar illumination that our planet Earth enjoys."
https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/.../r1fzdlgt3
(Icarus is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that concentrates on research about the solar system).
This discovery using the Keck Observatory on MK has surprised scientists. Neptune is a long way from the sun and any relatively small variations in the sun's output seemed unlikely to influence any major changes on Neptune. However, there is a strong correlation between Neptune's upper-level clouds disappearing recently and solar activity.
"Findings from extensive long-term observations of Neptune have been published in the scientific journal "Icarus," revealing a surprising connection between the vanishing clouds of the distant ice giant and the solar cycle. This discovery is particularly remarkable when considering that Neptune, being the smallest and most remote of the gas giants, resides far from the Sun. It receives only 1/900th of the solar illumination that our planet Earth enjoys."
https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/.../r1fzdlgt3
(Icarus is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that concentrates on research about the solar system).