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Studies of the gas tori of Titan and TritonProgress in the development of the model for the circumplanetary distribution of atomic hydrogen in the Saturn system produced by a Titan source is discussed. Because of the action of the solar radiation acceleration and the obliquity of Saturn, the hydrogen distribution is shown to undergo seasonal changes as the planet moves about the Sun. Preliminary model calculations show that for a continuous Titan source, the H distribution is highly asymmetric about the planet and has a density maximum near the dusk side of Saturn, qualitatively similar to the pattern recently deduced by Shemansky and Hall from observations acquired by the UVS instruments aboard the Voyager spacecrafts. The investigation of these Voyager data will be undertaken in the next project year.
Document ID
19950014380
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Smyth, William H. (Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1995
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Report/Patent Number
NASA-CR-197377
P-498
NAS 1.26:197377
Accession Number
95N20797
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NASW-4832
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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