Saturn's 3 nu 3 methane band - an analysis in terms of a scattering atmosphere

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Mar 1975

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975apj...196..867t&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, vol. 196, Mar. 15, 1975, pt. 1, p. 867-876.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Methane, Planetary Atmospheres, Saturn (Planet), Spectral Bands, Atmospheric Models, Atmospheric Scattering, Infrared Astronomy

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Using parameters recently measured in the laboratory, the shapes of manifolds belonging to the R-branch of Saturn's 3 nu 3 CH4 band were analyzed in terms of a homogeneous scattering model of Saturn's atmosphere, and the results were compared with those of an earlier analysis in terms of a reflecting-layer model. The resulting effective pressure is an order of magnitude smaller than for the reflecting-layer analysis, and the C/H ratio is an order of magnitude higher than the solar value. The overall fit of the theoretical profiles to the observed manifold shapes is distinctly worse, especially for R(7). Scattering evidently plays only a minor role in the formation of this band along Saturn's south-central meridian.

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