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The thermal structure of Triton's atmosphere: Pre-Voyager models

✍ Scribed by McKay, Christopher P.; Pollack, James B.; Zent, Aaron P.; Cruikshank, Dale P.; Courtin, Régis

Book ID
119708724
Publisher
American Geophysical Union
Year
1989
Tongue
English
Weight
379 KB
Volume
16
Category
Article
ISSN
1944-8007

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The atmospheric structure of Triton in the altitude range 25-150 km shows an unexpectedly steep thermal gradient of 0.26 K km -1 above 50 km altitude, with a nearly isothermal profile below. The upper part of the profile can be explained by downward conduction of heat deposited by magnetospheric ele