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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Waite, J. Hunter
• Niemann, Hasso
• Yelle, Roger V
• Kasprzak, Wayne T
• Cravens, Thomas E
• Luhmann, Janet G
• McNutt, Ralph L
• Ip, Wing-Huen
• Gell, David
• De La Haye, Virginie
• Můller-Wordag, Ingo
• Magee, Brian
• Borggren, Nathan
• Ledvina, Steve
• Fletcher, Greg
• Walter, Erin
• Miller, Ryan
• Scherer, Stefan
• Thorpe, Rob
• Xu, Jing
• Block, Bruce
• Arnett, Ken

Titel

Ion Neutral Mass Spectrometer Results from the First Flyby of Titan

Ist Teil von

• Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2005-05, Vol.308 (5724), p.982-986

Ort / Verlag

United States: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Erscheinungsjahr

2005

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Quelle

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The Cassini Ion Neutral Mass Spectrometer (INMS) has obtained the first in situ composition measurements of the neutral densities of molecular nitrogen, methane, molecular hydrogen, argon, and a host of stable carbon-nitrile compounds in Titan's upper atmosphere. INMS in situ mass spectrometry has also provided evidence for atmospheric waves in the upper atmosphere and the first direct measurements of isotopes of nitrogen, carbon, and argon, which reveal interesting clues about the evolution of the atmosphere. The bulk composition and thermal structure of the moon's upper atmosphere do not appear to have changed considerably since the Voyager 1 flyby.