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The effective temperature of Jupiter'S equatorial belt during the 1965 apparition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

L. M. Trafton  and
R. Wildey
L. M. Trafton
Affiliation:
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Tex., U.S.A.
R. Wildey
Affiliation:
U.S. Geological Survey, Center of Astrogeology, Flagstaff, Ariz., U.S.A.

Abstract

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Preliminary results from our study of Jupiter's equatorial limb darkening at 8–14 μ indicate that the effective temperature of the equatorial belt lay between 140 K and 150 K. We find these temperatures to be insensitive to the likely range of the He/H2 ratios. These results assume that Jupiter's only significant sources of extinction at these wavelengths are the pressure-induced absorption of H2 and He and the absorption of saturated NH3.

Type
Part III: Outer Planets
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 40: Planetary Atmospheres , 1971 , pp. 353 - 358
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1971 

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