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Ablation and Chemistry of Meteoric Materials in the Atmosphere of Titan

English, M.A., Lara, L.M., Lorenz, Ralph D., Ratcliff, P.R., Rodrigo, R. (1996) Ablation and Chemistry of Meteoric Materials in the Atmosphere of Titan. Advances in Space Research, 17 (12). pp. 157-160. ISSN 0273-1177. (doi:10.1016/0273-1177(95)00774-9) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:19512)

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Abstract

We compute the input of meteoric materials expected on Titan, and integrate this dust model with an ablation model and a comprehensive chemical model, investigating the effects on the atmosphere and surface. We find that a water deposition of similar to 10-100 times the expected interplanetary dust flux /7/, or a recent large impact, is required to produce the observed CO2 abundance /2/. Ionisation due to meteoric activity is not likely to be higher than that due to other sources.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1016/0273-1177(95)00774-9
Subjects: T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Engineering and Digital Arts
Depositing User: P. Ogbuji
Date Deposited: 02 Jun 2009 12:13 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:57 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/19512 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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