Modelling suggests that Pluto's atmospheric temperature is regulated by haze, unlike the other planetary bodies in the Solar System. The finding has implications for our understanding of exoplanetary atmospheres. See Letter p.352
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Access options
Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals
Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription
$29.99 / 30 days
cancel any time
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 51 print issues and online access
$199.00 per year
only $3.90 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on Springer Link
- Instant access to full article PDF
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
Nasa/johns hopkins Univ. applied physics lab/southwest research inst.
Notes
References
Gladstone, G. R. et al. Science 351, aad8866 (2016).
Zhu, X., Strobel, D. F. & Erwin, J. T. Icarus 228, 301–314 (2014).
Zhang, X., Strobel, D. F. & Imanaka, H. Nature 551, 352–355 (2017).
Cheng, A. F. et al. Icarus 290, 112–133 (2017).
Glasse, A. et al. Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacif. 127, 686–695 (2015).
Sing, D. K. et al. Nature 529, 59–62 (2016).
Banfield, D., Conrath, B. J., Gierasch, P. J., Nicholson, P. D. & Matthews, K. Icarus 134, 11–23 (1998).
Moses, J. I. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 372, 20130073 (2014).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Related links
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
West, R. Haze cools Pluto's atmosphere. Nature 551, 302–303 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/551302a
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/551302a
