Photometric Variability of Uranus, 1972-1996

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Jan 1999

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Icarus, Volume 137, Issue Icarus, pp. 2-12.

Physics

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We present b (472 nm) and y (551 nm) lightcurves for Uranus based on photoelectric photometry obtained at every apparition from 1972 to 1996. The two branches of the lightcurve before and after the 1985 solstice are offset by ~0.01 mag in b and ~0.02 mag in y, indicating that the disk-integrated albedo of Uranus increased slightly after solstice. The solar phase coefficients of Uranus also increased at about the same time. The b lightcurve is consistent with the 1986 Voyager 2 BL (477 nm) I/F latitudinal scans. The y lightcurve differs significantly from the GR (572 nm) scan, suggesting that the polar region may have brightened somewhat over the past 25 years.

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