Size estimates of Titan's aerosols based on Voyager high-phase-angle images

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Nov 1983

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Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 88, Nov. 1, 1983, p. 8721-8728. NASA-supported research.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Aerosols, Atmospheric Composition, Particle Size Distribution, Satellite Atmospheres, Satellite Imagery, Titan, Phase Shift, Planetology, Scattering Functions, Spaceborne Astronomy, Voyager 1 Spacecraft, Voyager 2 Spacecraft

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Limits on the physical properties of the scattering haze near the top of Titan's atmosphere are derived from data obtained from seven high-phase-angle images from Voyager 1 and 2. From the ratio of the intensities observed at two different high phase angles, an estimate can be made of the forward-scattering lobe of the single-scattering phase function. Comparing the forward-scattering estimate with diffraction lobes from particles of different radii, it is concluded that the average radius of the particles found in the upper few tenths of an optical depth exceeds 0.19 micron. Judging from data observed at four different phase angles, the haze particles probably have a refractive index near 1.6 and a mean size of about 0.5 micron, if the widths of their diffraction peaks are close to those for equal-volume spheres. However, the highly polarizing nature of the particles over a broad wavelength-bandpass (Tomasko and Smith, 1982; West et al, 1983) combined with their forward-scattering behavior makes it very unlikely that the particles are spherical. The nonsphericity contributes to the uncertainty about the radii of the particles, but it is thought that the average radius is several tenths of a micron.

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