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Jupiter's atmospheric composition from the Cassini thermal infrared spectroscopy experimentThe Composite Infrared Spectrometer observed Jupiter in the thermal infrared during the swing-by of the Cassini spacecraft. Results include the detection of two new stratospheric species, the methyl radical and diacetylene, gaseous species present in the north and south auroral infrared hot spots; determination of the variations with latitude of acetylene and ethane, the latter a tracer of atmospheric motion; observations of unexpected spatial distributions of carbon dioxide and hydrogen cyanide, both considered to be products of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacts; characterization of the morphology of the auroral infrared hot spot acetylene emission; and a new evaluation of the energetics of the northern auroral infrared hot spot.
Document ID
20050151083
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Kunde, V. G.
(College Park MD 20742, United States)
Flasar, F. M.
Jennings, D. E.
Bezard, B.
Strobel, D. F.
Conrath, B. J.
Nixon, C. A.
Bjoraker, G. L.
Romani, P. N.
Achterberg, R. K.
Simon-Miller, A. A.
Irwin, P.
Brasunas, J. C.
Pearl, J. C.
Smith, M. D.
Orton, G. S.
Gierasch, P. J.
Spilker, L. J.
Carlson, R. C.
Mamoutkine, A. A.
Calcutt, S. B.
Read, P. L.
Taylor, F. W.
Fouchet, T.
Parrish, P.
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
September 10, 2004
Publication Information
Publication: Science
Volume: 305
Issue: 5690
ISSN: 0036-8075
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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