Why does Neptune appear blue and Jupiter red? (a) Neptune is hotter, which gives bluer thermal emission. (b) Methane in Neptune's atmosphere absorbs red light. (c) Neptune's air molecules scatter blue light, much as Earth's atmosphere does.
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