3D modeling of organic haze in Pluto's atmosphere

• Main Authors: Bertrand, Tanguy, Forget, François
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: arXiv 2017
• Subjects: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics astro-ph.EP; FOS Physical sciences; South Pole; North Pole; Triton; South pole
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1702.03783; https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.03783

The New Horizons spacecraft, which flew by Pluto on July 14, 2015, revealed the presence of haze in Pluto's atmosphere that were formed by CH4/N2 photochemistry at high altitudes in Pluto's atmosphere, as on Titan and Triton. In order to help the analysis of the observations and further in...