Ablation and chemistry of meteoric materials in the atmosphere of Titan

DOI: 
10.1016/0273-1177(95)00774-9
Publication date: 
01/01/1996
Main author: 
English M.A.
IAA authors: 
Lara L.M.;Rodrigo R.
Authors: 
English M.A., Lara L.M., Lorenz R.D., Ratcliff P.R., Rodrigo R.
Journal: 
Advances in Space Research
Publication type: 
Article
Volume: 
17
Pages: 
157-160
Number: 
Abstract: 
We compute the input of meteoric materials expected on Titan, and integrate this dust model with an ablation model and a comprehensive chemical model, investigating the effects on the atmosphere and surface. We find that a water deposition of ∼10-100 times the expected interplanetary dust flux /7/, or a recent large impact, is required to produce the observed CO2 abundance /2/. Ionisation due to meteoric activity is not likely to be higher than that due to other sources.
Database: 
SCOPUS
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