Not exact matches
«As plans are underway in and outside of Japan to explore the
satellite system of Jupiter and the
satellites of Mars,» said Ohtsuki, «we will continue to unravel the origin of
satellite systems,
which is key to understanding the formation process of
planetary systems.»
As mentioned in the introduction, the
satellites which measure incoming and outgoing radiation at the top of Earth's atmosphere (TOA) can not measure the small
planetary energy imbalance brought about by global warming.
Planetary scientists are intrigued that Pluto,
which is only 2,300 km across, has so many
satellites - and of course there could be more even smaller, yet undiscovered.
There are also papers explaining the mechanisms by
which specific solar cycle changes could reduce
planetary cloud cover and there is observational evidence that shows sub cycles of warming and cooling with the sub cycles correlating to the specific solar mechanisms during the 20 year period at
which time there was
satellite measurement of
planetary cloud cover.
«The precision achieved by the most advanced generation of radiation budget
satellites is indicated by the
planetary energy imbalance measured by the ongoing CERES (Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System) instrument (Loeb et al., 2009),
which finds a measured 5 - yr - mean imbalance of 6.5 W m − 2 (Loeb et al., 2009).