Long-term brightness variations of neptune and the solar cycle modulation of its albedo.
The visual brightness and albedo of Neptune vary periodically during the 11-year solar cycle with an amplitude of 4%, anticorrelated with the variation of solar ultraviolet output. A seasonal trend in color suggests that Neptune, like Uranus, may have a slightly reddened pole.
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