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Primordial and Radiogenic Argon 40 in Uranus and Neptune

  • Authors: O. Mousis, M. D. Hofstadter, C. R. Glein, J. I. Lunine, R. M. Canup

O. Mousis et al 2026 The Planetary Science Journal 7 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 6.

Voyager radio-occultation temperature–pressure profiles of Uranus (blue) and Neptune (orange) compared with argon condensation curves for primordial argon enrichments of 1, 100, and 1000 times the protosolar Ar/H2 abundance (dashed curves). Only the 1000× protosolar case intersects the atmospheric profiles near the tropopause, allowing argon to condense.

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