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TC4-2-Level 1: Rebuilding of Titan Atmosphere Plasma Radiation

Pénélope Leyland, Raffaello Sobbia, Daniel Potter
2010
Conference Papers

Abstract

Rebuilding of the experimental spectroscopy of Plasmatron and Plasma Torch data for an equivalent Titan atmosphere Chemistry

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Pénélope Leyland, Raffaello Sobbia, Daniel Potter
2010
Conference Papers

Abstract

Rebuilding of the experimental spectroscopy of Plasmatron and Plasma Torch data for an equivalent Titan atmosphere Chemistry

Official source

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An atmosphere () is a layer of gas or layers of gases that envelop a planet, and is held in place by the gravity of the planetary body. A planet retains an atmosphere when the gravity is great and the temperature of the atmosphere is low. A stellar atmosphere is the outer region of a star, which includes the layers above the opaque photosphere; stars of low temperature might have outer atmospheres containing compound molecules. The atmosphere of Earth is composed of nitrogen (78 %), oxygen (21 %), argon (0.

Atmospheric escape

Atmospheric escape is the loss of planetary atmospheric gases to outer space. A number of different mechanisms can be responsible for atmospheric escape; these processes can be divided into thermal escape, non-thermal (or suprathermal) escape, and impact erosion. The relative importance of each loss process depends on the planet's escape velocity, its atmosphere composition, and its distance from its star. Escape occurs when molecular kinetic energy overcomes gravitational energy; in other words, a molecule can escape when it is moving faster than the escape velocity of its planet.

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