Aurora and airglow on the night side of Neptune

• Main Authors: Sandel, B. R., Herbert, F., Dessler, A. J., Hill, T. W.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1990
• Subjects: 91; South Pole; Broad Peak; South pole
• Online Access: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19900065486

The latitude-longitude distribution of emissions detected by the Voyager ultraviolet spectrometer on the dark hemisphere of Neptune have been examined. The emissions have two significant geographic features: (1) a broad peak near longitude 60 deg W that extends rather uniformly over the entire range...