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Voyager 2 at Neptune: Imaging Science Results

Overview of attention for article published in Science, December 1989
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Title
Voyager 2 at Neptune: Imaging Science Results
Published in
Science, December 1989
DOI 10.1126/science.246.4936.1422
Pubmed ID
Authors

B. A. Smith, L. A. Soderblom, D. Banfield, c. Barnet, A. T. Basilevsky, R. F. Beebe, K. Bollinger, J. M. Boyce, A. Brahic, G. A. Briggs, R. H. Brown, c. Chyba, s. A. Collins, T. Colvin, A. F. Cook, D. Crisp, S. K. Croft, D. Cruikshank, J. N. Cuzzi, G. E. Danielson, M. E. Davies, E. De Jong, L. Dones, D. Godfrey, J. Goguen, I. Grenier, V. R. Haemmerle, H. Hammel, c. J. Hansen, c. P. Helfenstein, C. Howell, G. E. Hunt, A. P. Ingersoll, T. V. Johnson, J. Kargel, R. Kirk, D. I. Kuehn, S. Limaye, H. Masursky, A. McEwen, D. Morrison, T. Owen, W. Owen, J. B. Pollack, c. c. Porco, K. Rages, P. Rogers, D. Rudy, C. Sagan, J. Schwartz, E. M. Shoemaker, M. Showalter, B. Sicardy, D. Simonelli, J. Spencer, L. A. Sromovsky, C. Stoker, R. G. Strom, V. E. Suomi, S. P. Synott, R. J. Terrile, P. Thomas, W. R. Thompson, A. Verbiscer, J. Veverka

Abstract

Voyager 2 images of Neptune reveal a windy planet characterized by bright clouds of methane ice suspended in an exceptionally clear atmosphere above a lower deck of hydrogen sulfide or ammonia ices. Neptune's atmosphere is dominated by a large anticyclonic storm system that has been named the Great Dark Spot (GDS). About the same size as Earth in extent, the GDS bears both many similarities and some differences to the Great Red Spot of Jupiter. Neptune's zonal wind profile is remarkably similar to that of Uranus. Neptune has three major rings at radii of 42,000, 53,000, and 63,000 kilometers. The outer ring contains three higher density arc-like segments that were apparently responsible for most of the ground-based occultation events observed during the current decade. Like the rings of Uranus, the Neptune rings are composed of very dark material; unlike that of Uranus, the Neptune system is very dusty. Six new regular satellites were found, with dark surfaces and radii ranging from 200 to 25 kilometers. All lie inside the orbit of Triton and the inner four are located within the ring system. Triton is seen to be a differentiated body, with a radius of 1350 kilometers and a density of 2.1 grams per cubic centimeter; it exhibits clear evidence of early episodes of surface melting. A now rigid crust of what is probably water ice is overlain with a brilliant coating of nitrogen frost, slightly darkened and reddened with organic polymer material. Streaks of organic polymer suggest seasonal winds strong enough to move particles of micrometer size or larger, once they become airborne. At least two active plumes were seen, carrying dark material 8 kilometers above the surface before being transported downstream by high level winds. The plumes may be driven by solar heating and the subsequent violent vaporization of subsurface nitrogen.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 1%
United States 1 1%
Italy 1 1%
Australia 1 1%
Unknown 88 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 21 23%
Student > Ph. D. Student 15 16%
Student > Master 8 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 7%
Student > Bachelor 6 7%
Other 14 15%
Unknown 22 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Earth and Planetary Sciences 25 27%
Physics and Astronomy 21 23%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 3%
Materials Science 3 3%
Chemistry 3 3%
Other 10 11%
Unknown 27 29%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 67. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 March 2024.
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Outputs from Science
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