Photochemistry of Saturn's Atmosphere
Identifieur interne : 004048 ( Main/Merge ); précédent : 004047; suivant : 004049Photochemistry of Saturn's Atmosphere
Auteurs : Julianne I. Moses ; Emmanuel Lellouch [France] ; Bruno Bézard [France] ; G. Randall Gladstone ; Helmut Feuchtgruber [Allemagne] ; Mark AllenSource :
- Icarus [ 0019-1035 ] ; 2000.
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Abstract
We use a one-dimensional diurnally averaged model of photochemistry and diffusion in Saturn's stratosphere to investigate the influence of extraplanetary debris on atmospheric chemistry. In particular, we consider the effects of an influx of oxygen from micrometeoroid ablation or from ring-particle diffusion; the contribution from cometary impacts, satellite debris, or ring vapor is deemed to be less important. The photochemical model results are compared directly with Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) observations to constrain the influx of extraplanetary oxygen to Saturn. From the ISO observations, we determine that the column densities of CO2 and H2O above 10 mbar in Saturn's atmosphere are (6.3±1)×1014 and (1.4±0.4)×1015 cm−2, respectively; our models indicate that a globally averaged oxygen influx of (4±2)×106 O atoms cm−2 s−1 is required to explain these observations. Models with a locally enhanced influx of H2O operating over a small fraction of the projected area do not provide as good a fit to the ISO H2O observations. If volatile oxygen compounds comprise one-third to one-half of the exogenic source by mass, then Saturn is currently being bombarded with (3±2)×10−16 g cm−2 s−1 of extraplanetary material. To reproduce the observed CO2/H2O ratio in Saturn's stratosphere, some of the exogenic oxygen must arrive in the form of a carbon–oxygen bonded species such as CO or CO2. An influx consistent with the composition of cometary ices fails to reproduce the high observed CO2/H2O ratio, suggesting that (i) the material has ices that are slightly more carbon-rich than is typical for comets, (ii) a contribution from an organic-rich component is required, or (iii) some of the hydrogen–oxygen bonded material is converted to carbon–oxygen bonded material without photochemistry (e.g., during the ablation process). We have also reanalyzed the 5-μm CO observations of Noll and Larson (Icarus 89, 168–189, 1990) and determine that the CO lines are most sensitive to the 100- to 400-mbar column density for which we derive a range of (0.7–1.5)×1017 cm−2; the CO observations do not allow us to distinguish between an external or internal source of CO on Saturn. If we assume that all the extraplanetary oxygen derives from a micrometeoroid source, then the unfocused dust flux at 9.5 AU must be (i) (1±0.7)×10−16 g cm−2 s−1 if interstellar grains are the source of the external oxygen on Saturn, (ii) (4±3)×10−17 g cm−2 s−1 if IDPs on randomly inclined, highly eccentric orbits (e.g., Halley-type comet grains) are the source of the external oxygen, or (iii) (2±1.4)×10−18 g cm−2 s−1 if IDPs on low inclination, low eccentricity orbits (e.g., Kuiper-belt grains) are the source of the external oxygen. These estimates can be used in combination with future Cassini dust detection data to determine the ultimate source of the dust at Saturn's distance from the Sun.
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<front><div type="abstract" xml:lang="en">We use a one-dimensional diurnally averaged model of photochemistry and diffusion in Saturn's stratosphere to investigate the influence of extraplanetary debris on atmospheric chemistry. In particular, we consider the effects of an influx of oxygen from micrometeoroid ablation or from ring-particle diffusion; the contribution from cometary impacts, satellite debris, or ring vapor is deemed to be less important. The photochemical model results are compared directly with Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) observations to constrain the influx of extraplanetary oxygen to Saturn. From the ISO observations, we determine that the column densities of CO2 and H2O above 10 mbar in Saturn's atmosphere are (6.3±1)×1014 and (1.4±0.4)×1015 cm−2, respectively; our models indicate that a globally averaged oxygen influx of (4±2)×106 O atoms cm−2 s−1 is required to explain these observations. Models with a locally enhanced influx of H2O operating over a small fraction of the projected area do not provide as good a fit to the ISO H2O observations. If volatile oxygen compounds comprise one-third to one-half of the exogenic source by mass, then Saturn is currently being bombarded with (3±2)×10−16 g cm−2 s−1 of extraplanetary material. To reproduce the observed CO2/H2O ratio in Saturn's stratosphere, some of the exogenic oxygen must arrive in the form of a carbon–oxygen bonded species such as CO or CO2. An influx consistent with the composition of cometary ices fails to reproduce the high observed CO2/H2O ratio, suggesting that (i) the material has ices that are slightly more carbon-rich than is typical for comets, (ii) a contribution from an organic-rich component is required, or (iii) some of the hydrogen–oxygen bonded material is converted to carbon–oxygen bonded material without photochemistry (e.g., during the ablation process). We have also reanalyzed the 5-μm CO observations of Noll and Larson (Icarus 89, 168–189, 1990) and determine that the CO lines are most sensitive to the 100- to 400-mbar column density for which we derive a range of (0.7–1.5)×1017 cm−2; the CO observations do not allow us to distinguish between an external or internal source of CO on Saturn. If we assume that all the extraplanetary oxygen derives from a micrometeoroid source, then the unfocused dust flux at 9.5 AU must be (i) (1±0.7)×10−16 g cm−2 s−1 if interstellar grains are the source of the external oxygen on Saturn, (ii) (4±3)×10−17 g cm−2 s−1 if IDPs on randomly inclined, highly eccentric orbits (e.g., Halley-type comet grains) are the source of the external oxygen, or (iii) (2±1.4)×10−18 g cm−2 s−1 if IDPs on low inclination, low eccentricity orbits (e.g., Kuiper-belt grains) are the source of the external oxygen. These estimates can be used in combination with future Cassini dust detection data to determine the ultimate source of the dust at Saturn's distance from the Sun.</div>
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