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  • Presentation | P52B: The Ice Giants: Investigating the Planetary Systems of Uranus and Neptune II Oral
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  • P52B-07: Ab Initio Entropy Calculations of Water Predict the Temperature in the Interiors of Uranus and Neptune to Differ by 15-30 Percent from Previous Models
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Author(s):
Burkhard Militzer, University of California Berkeley (First Author, Presenting Author)


Here we use computer simulations of H2O to predict the interior temperature of Uranus and Neptune. Our results differ by 15-30 percent from previous models. Knowing this temperature of Uranus and Neptune is important to determine whether these planets have one or two separate ice layers. The existence of two layers offers an explanation for why Uranus and Neptune have unusual, disordered magnetic fields.



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