HCN ice in Titan’s high-altitude southern polar cloud

Remco J. de Kok (), Nicholas A. Teanby, Luca Maltagliati, Patrick G. J. Irwin and Sandrine Vinatier
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Remco J. de Kok: Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, Postbus 9513, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands
Nicholas A. Teanby: School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen’s Road, Bristol BS8 1RJ, UK
Luca Maltagliati: LESIA-Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, UPMC Université Paris 06, Université Paris-Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, F-92195 Meudon, France
Patrick G. J. Irwin: Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, University of Oxford, Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, UK
Sandrine Vinatier: LESIA-Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, UPMC Université Paris 06, Université Paris-Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, F-92195 Meudon, France

Nature, 2014, vol. 514, issue 7520, 65-67

Abstract: The cloud that appeared above the south pole of Saturn’s satellite Titan in early 2012 is found to be composed of micrometre-sized particles of frozen hydrogen cyanide, indicating a dramatic cooling of Titan’s atmosphere to temperatures about 100 degrees less than predicted by atmospheric circulation models.

Date: 2014
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