Timeline for Why is Uranus colder than Neptune?
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| Jul 10 at 13:30 | vote | accept | Arjun | ||
| Jul 3 at 7:55 | comment | added | phoog | I would just add that the coldest measured temperature represents the temperature at one point on the planet at one point in time. It's possible that the coldest point on Neptune over the Neptunian orbital cycle is actually colder than the coldest point on Uranus over the Uranian orbital cycle, but we just haven't measured the planets at the right time to see it directly. A related point is that Uranus could be warmer than Neptune overall while still having a lower temperature at its coldest point. | |
| Jul 2 at 16:01 | comment | added | Schmuddi | Here's a link to the original article containing the quote in this question (it's CC-licensed so it can be found on other websites as well). For what it's worth, the article explains the phenomenon by heat loss due to meteoric impacts on Uranus. | |
| Jul 2 at 15:24 | comment | added | RBarryYoung | @NilayGhosh I can think of another, possibly better reason to change the title. | |
| Jul 1 at 5:12 | answer | added | Nilay Ghosh | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jul 1 at 2:24 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Jun 30 at 14:13 | answer | added | eshaya | timeline score: 43 | |
| Jun 30 at 11:13 | answer | added | user57445 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 30 at 7:45 | comment | added | Nilay Ghosh | I have changed the title because it is already known that Uranus is colder than Neptune. We should ask why. | |
| Jun 30 at 7:44 | history | edited | Nilay Ghosh | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 30 at 7:23 | comment | added | Arjun | @PM2Ring Thanks, that is interesting for sure. But considering the fact that it is possible that Neptune had some energy retained from its formation from circumstellar ring, so would have Uranus but still some sort of disperency is there. That could be related to initial energy but I am unable to figure it out. Can you plz help? | |
| Jun 30 at 6:06 | comment | added | PM 2Ring | Don't neglect heat of formation. Even our small Earth still retains a substantial amount of its formation heat, see physics.stackexchange.com/q/152979/123208 & physics.stackexchange.com/a/154514/123208 You may also find this amusing physics.stackexchange.com/a/652569/123208 | |
| Jun 30 at 5:47 | history | asked | Arjun | CC BY-SA 4.0 |