Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Apr 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992plr....12b..14b&link_type=abstract
Planetary Report (ISSN 0736-3680), vol. 12, Mar.-Apr. 1992, p. 14-17.
Mathematics
Logic
Planetary Geology, Satellite Surfaces, Triton, Voyager 2 Spacecraft, Planetary Composition, Planetary Evolution, Satellite Atmospheres, Tectonics
Scientific paper
The investigation of the Neptunian satellite Triton by the Voyager 2 is described with interpretations of the object's nature and composition. The orbit, seasonal cycle, and southern-hemisphere solstice are described, and the composition of the satellite is discussed. Triton's mass and radius are known, and the objects is made up of about 70 percent rock and organics and 30 percent ice by mass. Triton's interior is warm and geologically active considering its distance from the sun, and large amounts of frozen methane and nitrogen are theorized to contribute to the object's high reflectivity. Also noted in the Voyager color images are creeping ice, cryogenic lava, and dark streaks on the south polar cap from nitrogen gas leaks driven by a type of greenhouse effect. Triton represents a class of satellite that has not been observed previously: a moon-sized body in a retrograde inclined orbit from the class of objects that coalesced to form Neptune.
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