Recovery and characterization of Neptune’s near-polar stratospheric hot spot

• Published in: Planetary and Space Science
• Main Authors: Orton, Glenn S., Fletcher, Leigh N., Liu, Junjun, Schneider, Tapio, Yanamandra-Fisher, Padma A., de Pater, Imke, Edwards, Michelle, Geballe, Thomas R., Hammel, Heidi B., Fujiyoshi, Takuya, Encrenaz, Therese, Pantin, Eric, Mousis, Olivier, Fuse, Tetsuharu
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2012
• Subjects: Gemini; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/32974/; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20120807-101117478

Images of Neptune obtained in 2006 at ESO's Very Large Telescope (Orton et al., 2007, Astronomy & Astrophysics 473, L5) revealed a near-polar hot spot near 70°S latitude that was detectable in filters sampling both stratospheric methane (7 μm) and ethane (∼12 μm) emission. Such a feature wa...