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Is Titan wet or dry?Titan's dense and cold nitrogen atmosphere contains a small amount of methane under conditions at least approaching those at which one or both constituents would condense. The possibility of methane and nitrogen rain clouds and global methane oceans has been discussed widely. From specific features of radio occultation and other Voyager results, however, it is concluded that nitrogen does not condense on Titan and that Titan has neither global methane oceans nor a global cloud of liquid methane droplets. Certain results indirectly support the conjecture that methane does not condense at any location. However, other considerations favor a methane ice haze high in the troposphere, and liquid and solid methane might exist on the surface and as low clouds at polar latitudes.
Document ID
19830056154
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Eshleman, V. R.
(Stanford Univ. CA, United States)
Tyler, G. L.
(Stanford University Stanford, CA, United States)
Lindal, G. F.
(California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1983
Publication Information
Publication: Science
Volume: 221
ISSN: 0036-8075
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Report/Patent Number
ISSN: 0036-8075
Accession Number
83A37372
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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