Disequilibrium carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen chemistry in the atmospheres of HD 189733b and HD 209458b

JI Moses, C Visscher, JJ Fortney… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
We have developed a one-dimensional photochemical and thermochemical kinetics and
diffusion model to study the effects of disequilibrium chemistry on the atmospheric …

Upstream of Saturn and titan

CS Arridge, N André, CL Bertucci, P Garnier… - Space Science …, 2011 - Springer
The formation of Titan's induced magnetosphere is a unique and important example in the
solar system of a plasma-moon interaction where the moon has a substantial atmosphere …

Large abundances of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Titan's upper atmosphere

M López-Puertas, BM Dinelli, A Adriani… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, we analyze the strong unidentified emission near 3.28 μm in Titan's upper
daytime atmosphere recently discovered by Dinelli et al. We have studied it by using the …

Fluvial features on Titan: Insights from morphology and modeling

DM Burr, J Taylor Perron, MP Lamb, RP Irwin III… - …, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Fluvial features on Titan have been identified in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data taken
during spacecraft flybys by the Cassini Titan Radar Mapper (RADAR) and in Descent …

Optical constants of Titan tholins at mid-infrared wavelengths (2.5–25 μm) and the possible chemical nature of Titan's haze particles

H Imanaka, DP Cruikshank, BN Khare, CP McKay - Icarus, 2012 - Elsevier
Complex organic materials may exist as haze layers in the atmosphere of Titan and as dark
coloring agents on icy satellite surfaces. Laboratory measurements of optical constants of …

Cassini CAPS‐ELS observations of negative ions in Titan's ionosphere: Trends of density with altitude

A Wellbrock, AJ Coates, GH Jones… - Geophysical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Observations with the Electron Spectrometer sensor of the Cassini Plasma
Spectrometer (CAPS‐ELS) have revealed the existence of negative ions in Titan's …

Organic chemistry in Titan׳ s upper atmosphere and its astrobiological consequences: I. Views towards Cassini plasma spectrometer (CAPS) and ion neutral mass …

A Ali, EC Sittler Jr, D Chornay, BR Rowe… - Planetary and Space …, 2015 - Elsevier
The discovery of carbocations and carbanions by Ion Neutral Mass Spectrometer (INMS)
and the Cassini Plasma Spectrometer (CAPS) instruments onboard the Cassini spacecraft in …

Production and global transport of Titan's sand particles

JW Barnes, RD Lorenz, J Radebaugh, AG Hayes… - Planetary Science, 2015 - Springer
Previous authors have suggested that Titan's individual sand particles form by either
sintering or by lithification and erosion. We suggest two new mechanisms for the production …

Review of exchange processes on ganymede in view of its planetary protection categorization

O Grasset, EJ Bunce, A Coustenis, MK Dougherty… - Astrobiology, 2013 - liebertpub.com
In this paper, we provide a detailed review of Ganymede's characteristics that are germane
to any consideration of its planetary protection requirements. Ganymede is the largest moon …

Ion and aerosol precursor densities in Titan's ionosphere: A multi‐instrument case study

O Shebanits, JE Wahlund, NJT Edberg… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The importance of the heavy ions and dust grains for the chemistry and aerosol formation in
Titan's ionosphere has been well established in the recent years of the Cassini mission. In …