Dynamics of Triton's atmosphere

• Published in: Nature
• Main Author: Ingersoll, Andrew P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 1990
• Subjects: South Pole; Triton; South pole
• Online Access: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/38024/; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20130418-105343166

The recent Voyager encounter established certain facts about Triton's atmosphere: the surface pressure is in the range 1.5 – 1.9 Pa (15–19 μbar); the surface temperature is 38 ± 3K (ref. 2); molecular nitrogen is the dominant atmospheric constituent; hazes and clouds are visible not only on the...