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Methane gives which planet its distinctive blue-green color?
I guess this means: Methane gives which planet its distinctive blue-green color? Methane gives Neptune its distinctive blue-green color. I'm not so sure about that. I think Uranus is that color, but Neptune is more blue than blue-green. You read different things in different books though. Neptune has Methane in its atmosphere too.
Is oxygen the chemical that produces the green-blue color in Uranus and Neptune?
No. Uranus and Neptune owe their blue color primarily to the presence of methane.
What gas gives Uranus a bluish color?
Neptune's atmosphere is made up of hydrogen, helium and methane. The methane in Neptune's atmosphere absorbs the red light spectrum from the sun and reflects the blue light into space. This is why Neptune appears to be blue. The atmosphere of Uranus is composed primarily of hydrogen and helium, with a small amount of methane and traces of ammonia. Uranus gets its blue-green color from methane gas also. Sunlight is reflected from Uranus' cloud tops, which are under the layer of methane gas. As the reflected sunlight passes back through this layer, the methane gas absorbs the red spectrum of the light, allowing the blue spectrum to pass through, resulting in the blue-green color that we see.
What planet is blue and green color?
Earth can be considered somewhat greenish, especially in land areas thick with vegetation and seas filled with algae. But the planet you're likely thinking of is Uranus, whose atmosphere (as observed by Voyager 2, et. al.) appears to be a pale greenish-blue.
How many blue planets are there?
Earth is often called the "Blue Planet". Its surface is mostly covered in water (around 71%). Neptune appears blue because of methane gas in its atmosphere. Uranus is also blue, although the color is lighter (closer to aquamarine).
Why does Uranus look bluish?
The blueish color of Uranus is from the presence of Methane in its upper atmosphere. Also, it is blue - green from the methane in the core of Uranus.
What chemical or gas produces a blue color in Uranus and Neptune?
Methane gas gives the planets Neptune and Uranus the blue colour.
Methane gives which planet its distinctive blue-green color?
I guess this means: Methane gives which planet its distinctive blue-green color? Methane gives Neptune its distinctive blue-green color. I'm not so sure about that. I think Uranus is that color, but Neptune is more blue than blue-green. You read different things in different books though. Neptune has Methane in its atmosphere too.
Why is Neptune and Uranus blue?
Because in the atmosphere , there is a gas called methane and it gives the planets their blue color.
What gives Neptune its blue color?
Dust in outer space
What gas does Uranus has?
methane Methane, which gives it it's blue color, hydrogen, and helium. ~Alex
Are the clouds covering Uranus are a greenish color?
The clouds have a little bit of a blue/green colour but what really makes that colour is the methane crystals in the upper atmosphere of Uranus gives it that blue/green appearance
What are Uranus's notable features?
Uranus has a blue-green color as does Neptune
Is oxygen the chemical that produces the green-blue color in Uranus and Neptune?
No. Uranus and Neptune owe their blue color primarily to the presence of methane.
What planet has a blue green color?
Uranus.
Which planet is a pale blue color?
uranus
What planet's blue color is the result of absorption of red light by methane?
Both Uranus and Neptune do, giving them a blue colour (bluish green for Uranus).
