Carbon in Titans Atmosphere |
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Written by spacetravel.org
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Monday, 18 July 2005 08:47 |
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On April 16, 2005, Cassini made its closest fly-by of Saturns moon Titan, 1,027 kilometers above the surface, sweeping through the outer parts of the atmosphere. Cassinis mass spectrometer identified many molecules. These included nitrites, carbon-oxygen compounds, as well as hydrocarbons with up to seven carbon atoms. Titans orange color has made people suspect for a long time that there are carbon compounds in its atmosphere.
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