Astrochemistry: Complex organic matter in Titan's aerosols?

On 14 January 2005, the Huygens probe entered the atmosphere of Titan after a seven-year interplanetary flight as part of the Cassini mission to Saturn. Huygens carried, among other instruments, an aerosol collection and pyrolysis (ACP) device. Its designers, Israël et al., now claim to have detecte...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature (London) 2006-11, Vol.444 (7118), p.E6; disccussion E6-E7
Main Author: Biemann, K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aerosols
Ammonia
Astrophysics
Atmospheric aerosols
Chemical properties
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Gas chromatography
Laboratories
Mass spectrometry
Nitrogen
Observations
Organic matter
Pyrolysis
Saturn
Sciences of the Universe
Scientific imaging
Titan (Satellite)
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!