The insolation at Pluto
Abstract
Calculations of the daily solar radiation incident at the top of Pluto's atmosphere and its variability with latitude and season and of the latitudinal variation of the mean annual daily insolation are presented. The large eccentricity of Pluto produces significant north-south seasonal asymmetries in the daily insolation. As for Uranus, having a similarly large obliquity, the equator receives less annual average energy than the poles.
- Publication:
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Icarus
- Pub Date:
- December 1982
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0019-1035(82)90015-X
- Bibcode:
- 1982Icar...52..560V
- Keywords:
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- Insolation;
- Pluto (Planet);
- Solar Radiation;
- Uranus Atmosphere;
- Annual Variations;
- Diurnal Variations;
- Energy Budgets;
- Latitude;
- Solar Orbits