A New Study Reveals the Makeup of Uranus’s Atmosphere

During that time, the research team found that the southern pole region was dark in the winter and the North Pole region shone as the summer approached. A few years later, by observing the planet at four different points, they could see how Ashons Tuas gradually affect the planet. The top row shows how the planet appeared only when it was only with visible light.

The second row from the top to the visible-al and a pseudo-caste figure based on the near-infrared observation. Green indicates less methane in the atmosphere than blue and indicate the absence of red methane. The lower levels of atmospheric methane (which are remembered on top and bottom of the planet in the poles indicates that the methane level has a slight seasonal variation. In the left-wing figure of this row, the south pole of the green color is in the dark. In the other three pictures, the North Pole’s green, lower-methne region can be seen. (Fourth row shows the same lack of methane changes but without color))

But what will happen to the third row? Aerosol is the estimate of abundance using visible lighting and infrared images that have not been colored. Light regions are cloudy with high aerosol abundance and the dark regions are cleansed with low aerosol abundance. There is what is noticeable in these images Is Seasonal variation. The Arctic region was clear at the beginning of spring (in 202), but with the advancement of summer it became cloudy (202 to 2022). On the contrary, the Antarctic region seems to have become clear as winter collapse. The team believes that these seasonal changes prove that sunlight changes the level of aerosol fog on the planet.

Although the results of this study throughout the long 20 -year period, it still reflects a season of seasonal change in the atmosphere of Uranus. As the polar regions move to the news season to collect more information, the research team will continue to observe Uranus.

This story was originally attended Wired Japan And has been translated from Japanese.