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Solid-state greenhouses and their implications for icy satellitesThe 'solid-state greenhouse effect' model constituted by the subsurface solar heating of translucent, high-albedo materials is presently applied to the study of planetary surfaces, with attention to frost and ice surfaces of the solar system's outer satellites. Temperature is computed as a function of depth for an illustrative range of thermal variables, and it is discovered that the surfaces and interiors of such bodies can be warmer than otherwise suspected. Mechanisms are identified through which the modest alteration of surface properties can substantially change the solid-state greenhouse and force an interior temperature adjustment.
Document ID
19890040718
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Matson, Dennis L.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Brown, Robert H.
(California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1989
Publication Information
Publication: Icarus
Volume: 77
ISSN: 0019-1035
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
89A28089
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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