CARBONIC ACID AS A RESERVE OF CARBON DIOXIDE ON ICY MOONS: THE FORMATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) IN A POLAR ENVIRONMENT

• Published in: The Astrophysical Journal
• Main Authors: Brant M. Jones, Ralf I. Kaiser, Giovanni Strazzulla
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Space and Planetary Science; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Jupiter; Carbonic acid
• Online Access: https://www.openaccessrepository.it/record/99511; https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/788/2/170

Carbon dioxide (CO{sub 2}) has been detected on the surface of several icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn via observation of the ν{sub 3} band with the Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer on board the Galileo spacecraft and the Visible-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer on board the Cassini spacecraft. Inter...