Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Apr 2005
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005apj...622l.149b&link_type=abstract
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 622, Issue 2, pp. L149-L152.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Planets And Satellites: Individual: Iapetus, Solar System: Formation
Scientific paper
The Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) instrument aboard the Cassini spacecraft obtained its first spectral map of the satellite Iapetus in which new absorption bands are seen in the spectra of both the low-albedo hemisphere and the H2O ice-rich hemisphere. Carbon dioxide is identified in the low-albedo material, probably as a photochemically produced molecule that is trapped in H2O ice or in some mineral or complex organic solid. Other absorption bands are unidentified. The spectrum of the low-albedo hemisphere is satisfactorily modeled with a combination of organic tholin, poly-HCN, and small amounts of H2O ice and Fe2O3. The high-albedo hemisphere is modeled with H2O ice slightly darkened with tholin. The detection of CO2 in the low-albedo material on the leading hemisphere supports the contention that it is carbon-bearing material from an external source that has been swept up by the satellite's orbital motion.
Baines Kevin Hays
Bauer James M.
Bellucci Giancarlo
Bibring Jean-Pierre
Brown Harvey R.
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