The Composition and Chemistry of Titan's Atmosphere

CA Nixon - ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2024 - ACS Publications
In this review I summarize the current state of knowledge about the composition of Titan's
atmosphere and our current understanding of the suggested chemistry that leads to that …

Organic ices in Titan's stratosphere

CM Anderson, RE Samuelson, D Nna-Mvondo - Space Science Reviews, 2018 - Springer
Titan's stratospheric ice clouds are by far the most complex of any observed in the solar
system, with over a dozen organic vapors condensing out to form a suite of pure and co …

Titan: Earth-like on the outside, ocean world on the inside

SM MacKenzie, SPD Birch, S Hörst… - The Planetary …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Thanks to the Cassini–Huygens mission, Titan, the pale orange dot of Pioneer and
Voyager encounters, has been revealed to be a dynamic, hydrologically shaped, organic …

Material properties of organic liquids, ices, and Hazes on Titan

X Yu, Y Yu, J Garver, J Li, A Hawthorn… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Titan has a diverse range of materials in its atmosphere and on its surface: the simple
organics that reside in various phases (gas, liquid, and ice) and the solid complex refractory …

Preparation, identification, and low-temperature infrared spectra of two elusive crystalline nitrile ices

RL Hudson - Icarus, 2020 - Elsevier
Infrared (IR) spectra of the alkyl nitrile ices CH 3 CN and CH 3 CH 2 CN are relevant to the
study of the low-temperature chemistry of objects within and beyond the Solar System, but …

Infrared Spectra, Optical Constants, and Temperature Dependences of Amorphous and Crystalline Benzene Ices Relevant to Titan

D Nna-Mvondo, CM Anderson - The Astrophysical Journal, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Benzene ice contributes to an emission feature detected by the Cassini Composite InfraRed
Spectrometer (CIRS) near 682 cm− 1 in Titan's late southern fall polar stratosphere. It is also …

Structural Evolution of Trimethylacetonitrile under Pressure: A Combined X-ray Diffraction and Computational Study

RM Blake, ND Stapleton, IM Jones… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Three high-pressure phases of trimethylacetonitrile, a compound of potential interest in the
context of Titan's atmospheric chemistry, have been investigated using single-crystal X-ray …

Titan's atmospheric structure, composition, haze, and dynamics

V Vuitton, P Lavvas, CA Nixon, NA Teanby - Titan After Cassini-Huygens, 2025 - Elsevier
Titan occupies a special place in the study of planets and satellites in our solar system. The
opaque atmosphere remained enigmatic until the Cassini-Huygens mission provided new …

Optical Properties of Cyanoacetylene Ices in the Far-to Near-infrared with Direct Relevance to Titan's Stratospheric Ice Clouds

MS Ugelow, CM Anderson - The Planetary Science Journal, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Cyanoacetylene (HC 3 N) ice has been observed in Titan's stratosphere by both Voyager 1's
InfraRed Interferometer Spectrometer (IRIS) and Cassini's Composite InfraRed Spectrometer …

HCN-C₆H₆ co-condensed ice cloud in Titan's stratosphere: Laboratory study of the CIRS-observed HASP cloud

DN Mvondo, CM Anderson, RE Samuelson - 2019 - mdsoar.org
For thirteen years, the Cassini mission to explore Saturn and its icy moons has provided a
large repository of data on Titan's atmosphere. Ice clouds have been repeatedly observed in …