Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Dec 1978
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978nascp2068..141t&link_type=abstract
In JPL The Saturn System p 141-147 (SEE N79-16758 07-91)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Absorption Spectra, Atmospheric Composition, Planetary Atmospheres, Titan, Aerosols, Atmospheric Models, Hydrogen, Jupiter Atmosphere, Light Scattering, Line Spectra, Methane
Scientific paper
The existence of scatterers in Titan's atmosphere was demonstrated in a paper published in the Astrophysical Journal three years ago. This conclusion was not affected by recent laboratory investigations showing that certain CH4 bands are independent of pressure because it was shown that the reflecting layer model failed to explain Titan's CH4 absorptions regardless on which portion of the curve of growth Titan's CH4 lines lie. Saturn's atmosphere was utilized along the central meridian for studies of CH4 absorption, and to show that the conclusion is insensitive to the moderate scattering there. The quite pronounced role of scattering in Titan's atmosphere strongly suggests that Titan's surface is obscured.
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