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- Title
The north-south asymmetry of polarization of Jupiter: The causes of seasonal variations.
- Authors
Shalygina, O.; Korokhin, V.; Starukhina, L.; Shalygin, E.; Marchenko, G.; Velikodsky, Yu.; Starodubtseva, O.; Akimov, L.
- Abstract
We present new results obtained from the analysis of the seasonal variations in the asymmetry of polarization of light reflected by Jupiter. From the 23-year set of observations, the anticorrelation between the asymmetries of polarization and insolation has been revealed. The mechanism explaining the observed seasonal variations of polarization has been proposed. The core of this mechanism is the effect of temperature changes in the planetary stratosphere on the processes of the stratospheric aerosol haze formation. Additional irregular factors that may influence the observed polarization asymmetry are considered.
- Subjects
ASTRONOMY; STRATOSPHERE; OPTICAL polarization; JUPITER (Planet); SOLAR system
- Publication
Solar System Research, 2008, Vol 42, Issue 1, p8
- ISSN
0038-0946
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1134/S0038094608010024