Neptune's rotational period suggested by the extraordinary stability of two features

Icarus

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 439-448

  Karkoschka, Erich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Jovian planets; Neptune; Neptune, Atmosphere; Neptune, Interior; Rotational dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052033435     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.05.013     Document Type: Article

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