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- Title
Global warming on Triton.
- Authors
Elliot, J.L.; Hammel, H.B.; Wasserman, L. H.; Franz, O. G.; McDonald, S. W.; Person, M. J.; Olkin, C. B.; Dunham, E. W.; Spencer, J. R.; Stansberry, J. A.; Buie, M. W.; Pasachoff, J. M.; Babcock, B. A.; McConnochie, T. H.
- Abstract
Reports observations made of Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune, which show that the moon has undergone a period of global warming beginning in 1989. Use of stellar occultation; Estimated rates of temperature increase on the surface; Possible role the polar caps on Triton play in the regulation of seasonal atmospheric changes.
- Subjects
TRITON (Satellite); GLOBAL warming; SPHERICAL astronomy; MEASUREMENT; ASTRONOMICAL observations
- Publication
Nature, 1998, Vol 393, Issue 6687, p765
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/31651