High resolution observations of linear polarization of the 6818.8 Å feature of methane for Uranus and Saturn

W. V. Schempp; William Hayden Smith

doi:10.1016/0019-1035(84)90067-8

High resolution observations of linear polarization of the 6818.8 Å feature of methane for Uranus and Saturn

W. V. Schempp
, William Hayden Smith

Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences

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Abstract

Observations of the linear polarization in the fully resolved 6818.8 Å feature of CH₄ in Saturn and Uranus show dramatic changes of linear polarization across the line profile. The change in position angle of polarization across the line core, especially for Saturn, indicates a likely Rayleigh scattering origin for the observed polarization.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	228-230
Number of pages	3
Journal	Icarus
Volume	57
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0019-1035(84)90067-8
State	Published - Feb 1984

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High resolution observations of linear polarization of the 6818.8 Å feature of methane for Uranus and Saturn

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