Thunderstorms on Jupiter

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Jan 1975

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975icar...24...86b&link_type=abstract

Icarus, vol. 24, Jan. 1975, p. 86-94.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Acetylene, Atmospheric Composition, Jupiter Atmosphere, Thunderstorms, Ammonia, Astronomical Models, Atmospheric Chemistry, Hydrocyanic Acid, Methane, Organic Compounds, Photolysis, Shock Waves

Scientific paper

The presence of a considerable acetylene concentration on Jupiter, despite the fast rate of its photolytic hydrogenation, provides strong evidence for the operation of frequent and powerful thunderstorms in the Jovian atmosphere. Whereas acetylene regeneration can occur only during thunderstorms, the photolytically destroyed ammonia can be regenerated both in thunderstorms and in the low and hot atmospheric levels. A rate of earthlike lightning strokes 10,000 times larger than on earth is inferred from the calculated rate of acetylene's photolytic destruction. The rate of acetylene production by thunder shock waves and the products obtained from its photolytic hydrogenation can account for the large ethane concentration and the absence of ethylene. The yellow-brown acetylene polymer and the ruby-red polymers, obtained from thunder-produced hydrogen cyanide or cyanogen with ammonia, are likely contributors to the Jovian coloration.

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