Telescope James Webb will reveal the secrets of the ice giants
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The Distant ice giants Uranus and Neptune — is as mysterious as the distant. Because of the enormous distance that separates the Earth from these planets, the ice giants were open much later than their counterparts that people knew in ancient times — of Jupiter and Saturn. However, the aura of mystery that has developed around the ice giants, very soon may disappear due to launch in 2021 space telescope NASA's behalf , which will reveal to humanity the hidden parts of the atmospheres of both planets.
What is Neptune?
The Distant giants, Uranus and are called «ice giants» is not accidental: inside these cold planets are very different from Jupiter and Saturn, which are much richer in hydrogen and helium than their counterparts. In addition, the frost giants have a much smaller size than their gas counterparts, occupying an intermediate position between the planets of terrestrial group and giant planets.
Representing the least studied category of objects in our Solar system, Uranus and Neptune may soon lose its status as the most mysterious of the planets through the operation . Leigh Fletcher, an adjunct Professor of planetology at the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom, says that the weather on the icy giants to be a completely different character compared to Jupiter and Saturn. Partly this phenomenon can be due to the fact that both planets are very far from the Sun, slowly rotate on their axes than the rest of the world, but are much smaller gas giants in diameter.
Uranium — the “wrong” planet, which was overturned as a result of cosmic cataclysm
Due to the fact that Uranus, its rings and satellites rotate approximately at an angle of 90 degrees from the plane of its orbit, extreme weather conditions, Uranium — are not uncommon. When NASA «Voyager 2» flew past Uranus in 1986, one of the poles of the planet was pointed directly at the Sun, and how much Uranium nor revolved, one half of all time was directed to the Sun, and the other was forever in the dark. After a couple of decades, observations of the Hubble telescope showed the presence of Uranium all kinds of bright clouds, which seemed to be abruptly changed in response to an immediate change to sunlight.
According to plans of scientists, the launch of the “Webb” can give humanity the idea of a powerful seasonal phenomena that control the formation of clouds and the weather-grade Uranium, and how they change over time. As the planet continues its slow orbital path, it will again send one of its poles to the Sun in 2028, and will be able to observe the telescope, according to the portal .
The Nearest neighbour Uranium — Neptune — is a dark and extremely cold world that orbited — the only large satellite of a frost giant, and along with a very interesting geological object. Located at a distance more than 30 times farther from the Sun than Earth is, Neptune — the only world which can not distinguish with the naked eye in the night sky.
The atmosphere of the ice giant is composed of large amounts of water, methane, ammonia and hydrogen sulfide, existing over a not yet available internal space of the planet. As with Uranus, the methane gives Neptune its famous blue color, but some still mysterious chemistry of the atmosphere makes the blue color of Neptune is much deeper than that of Uranium. In addition to color, Neptune stands out from other objects in the Solar system and due to its winds that arise due to the presence on the planet strong internal heat source. The researchers hope that the power of Webb telescope will allow scientists to understand the unusual chemistry of the planet, generating the strongest vortices, which may reach supersonic speeds.
The Study of distant planets in the Solar system telescope James Webb will start after its launch next year. Collecting data about the atmospheres of the ice giants, the device, whose start of work can radically change modern science, will consider not only the internal composition of planets, but will allow humanity to look into even more remote from us space objects — . So, running only one high-tech device can tell us about the Universe more than it could do all its predecessors.
Telescope James Webb will help to see what is hidden under Neptune's atmosphere
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