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The Occultation of BD -17° 4388 by Neptune: III. Discussion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 April 2016
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The occultation of a star by a planet of similar brightness allows accurate determination of the planet’s radius R, mean density ρ and of the ratio T/μ, where T and μ are the planetary atmospheric temperature and mean molecular weight. These quantities are important for the formation theory of the planet and of its atmosphere (see e.g. Öpik).
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- Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 1 , Issue 5 , March 1969 , pp. 203 - 204
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