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C6H6 condensation on Titan’s stratospheric aerosols: An integrated laboratory, modeling and experimental approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2020

David Dubois Open the ORCID record for David Dubois [Opens in a new window] ,
Ella Sciamma-O’Brien Open the ORCID record for Ella Sciamma-O’Brien [Opens in a new window] ,
Laura T. Iraci ,
Erika Barth ,
Farid Salama Open the ORCID record for Farid Salama [Opens in a new window]  and
Sandrine Vinatier
David Dubois
Affiliation:
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA94035, USA Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Moffett Field, CA94035 email: david.f.dubois@nasa.gov
Ella Sciamma-O’Brien
Affiliation:
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA94035, USA
Laura T. Iraci
Affiliation:
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA94035, USA
Erika Barth
Affiliation:
Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO, USA
Farid Salama
Affiliation:
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA94035, USA
Sandrine Vinatier
Affiliation:
LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France
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Abstract

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Saturn’s moon Titan was explored by the Cassini mission for nearly 13 years. Important discoveries made during the Cassini mission include the observations of stratospheric clouds in Titan’s cold polar regions in which spectral features or organic molecules were detected in the infrared (<100 μm). In particular, benzene (C6H6) ice spectral signatures were recently detected at unexpectedly high altitudes over the South Pole. The combined experimental, modeling and observational effort presented here has been devised and executed in order to interpret these high altitude benzene observations. Our multi-disciplinary approach aims to understand and characterize the microphysics of benzene clouds in Titan’s South Pole.

Keywords

satellites: Titanatmospheric effectsmethods: laboratorymethods: data analysis
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 15 , Symposium S350: Laboratory Astrophysics: From Observations to Interpretation , April 2019 , pp. 189 - 192
Copyright
© International Astronomical Union 2020

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