Cassini Finds an Oxygen-Carbon Dioxide Atmosphere at Saturn's Icy Moon Rhea
Cassini Finds an Oxygen-Carbon Dioxide Atmosphere at Saturn's Icy Moon Rhea
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Teolis, B.D , Jones, G.H , Miles, P.F , Tokar, R.L , Magee, B.A , Waite, J.H , Roussos, E , Young, D.T , Crary, F.J , Coates, A.J , Johnson, R.E , Tseng, W.-L and Baragiola, R.A
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Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science
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The flyby measurements of the Cassini spacecraft at Saturn's moon Rhea reveal a tenuous oxygen (O₂)-carbon dioxide (CO₂) atmosphere. The atmosphere appears to be sustained by chemical decomposition of the surface water ice under irradiation from Saturn's magnetospheric plasma. This in situ detection of an oxidizing atmosphere is consistent with rem...
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Cassini Finds an Oxygen-Carbon Dioxide Atmosphere at Saturn's Icy Moon Rhea
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_853485380
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_853485380
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0036-8075
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1095-9203
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10.1126/science.1198366
