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Solar activity and planetary luminosity

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The Chree superposition analysis of the luminosities of the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune indicates a correlation between solar activity and planetary luminosity. The variations of the solar constant in the visible range are considered to be too small to explain the observed changes in brightness. The interaction of solar extreme ultraviolet or solar wind particles with the atmospheres of these planets is probably responsible for the increased albedo during periods of high solar activity.

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  1. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., U.S.A.

    V. K. Balasubrahmanyan

  2. Department of Physics, The University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    D. Venkatesan

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Balasubrahmanyan, V.K., Venkatesan, D. Solar activity and planetary luminosity. Sol Phys 19, 257–263 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00148839

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