ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] What is remarkable about the ejected atmosphere is that, although it has Titanian escape velocity, it probably does not have Saturnian escape velocity. Trafton3 has estimated the exospheric temperature of Titan to be 74 K. At that temperature, even hydrogen atoms have an r.m.s. thermal speed of ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/242513a0
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