The influence of thermal inertia on temperatures and frost stability on Triton

Details The influence of thermal inertia on temperatures and frost stability on Triton The influence of thermal inertia on temperatures and frost stability on Triton

Oct 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992icar...99..261s&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 99, no. 2, p. 261-272.

Computer Science

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Planetary Meteorology, Satellite Temperature, Triton, Albedo, Annual Variations, Atmospheric Composition, Atmospheric Models, Atmospheric Pressure, Polar Caps

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It is presently argued, in view of (1) a thermal inertia model for the surface of Triton which (like previous ones) predicts a monotonic recession of permanent N2 deposits toward the poles and very little seasonal N2 frost in the southern hemisphere, and (2) new spectroscopic evidence for nonvolatile CO2 on Triton's bright southern hemisphere, that much of that bright southern material is not N2. Such bright southern hemisphere volatiles may allow the formation of seasonal frosts, thereby helping to explain the observed spectroscopic changes of Triton during the last decade.

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