Higher initial interior entropy in Neptune, causing convective mixing of its primordial composition gradient, can explain Neptune's higher luminosity and metallicity while Uranus remains stable and dim.
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Different Inhomogeneous Evolutionary Histories for Uranus and Neptune
Higher initial interior entropy in Neptune, causing convective mixing of its primordial composition gradient, can explain Neptune's higher luminosity and metallicity while Uranus remains stable and dim.