Timeline for Why do Uranus and Neptune have more methane than Jupiter and Saturn?
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| Jul 17, 2018 at 13:58 | vote | accept | cduston | ||
| Jul 16, 2018 at 22:18 | comment | added | cduston | Ok lots of great stuff here, but I think one sentence in the first article you cite gives the basic picture: "In general, the atmospheric chemistry of this compound is dominated by the solar radiation although in O2 -rich atmospheres this compound participates in a reaction system that removes atmospheric CH4" Other details in that paper make it clear that the solar radiation destroying methane is the main driver (although various dynamical effects are at play as well) | |
| Jul 16, 2018 at 18:50 | history | answered | Rob | CC BY-SA 4.0 |