Origin of oxygen species in Titan's atmosphere

Details Origin of oxygen species in Titan's atmosphere Origin of oxygen species in Titan's atmosphere

Oct 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008jgre..11310006h&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 113, Issue E10, CiteID E10006

Physics

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Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects: Titan, Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Planetary Atmospheres (5210, 5405, 5704), Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Thermosphere: Composition And Chemistry, Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Middle Atmosphere: Composition And Chemistry

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The detection of O+ precipitating into Titan's atmosphere by the Cassini Plasma Spectrometer (CAPS) represents the discovery of a previously unknown source of oxygen in Titan's atmosphere. The photochemical model presented here shows that those oxygen ions are incorporated into CO and CO2. We show that the observed abundances of CO, CO2 and H2O can be simultaneously reproduced using an oxygen flux consistent with the CAPS observations and an OH flux consistent with predicted production from micrometeorite ablation. It is therefore unnecessary to assume that the observed CO abundance is the remnant of a larger primordial CO abundance or to invoke outgassing of CO from Titan's interior as a source of CO.

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