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The Plausibility of Boiling Geysers on TritonA mechanism is suggested and modeled whereby there may be boiling geysers on Triton. The geysers would be of nitrogen considering that Voyager detected cryovolcanic activity, that solid nitrogen conducts heat much less than water ice, and that there is internal heat on Triton.
Document ID
20060036877
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Duxbury, N. S.
Brown, R. H.
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
March 1, 1995
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
Triton planetary geology geysers

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