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Atmospheres of Planets and their Satellites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Darrell F. Strobel
Darrell F. Strobel*
Affiliation:
Departments of Earth and Planetary Sciences & Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA

Abstract

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A general review of the chemistry of planetary atmospheres was given with the emphasis on the outer planets and their satellites. The impact of the scientific findings of the Voyager Mission on our understanding of the chemistry and composition of the Jovian, Saturnian, and Uranian atmospheres was highlighted. Hydrocarbon photochemistry will be treated in the context of comparative planetary atmospheres and illustrated by important similarities and differences. The interesting chemistry of satellites with significant atmospheres, Titan, Triton, and Io was explored in the evolutionary context and the impact on the magnetospheres of their parent planet.

Type
Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 8: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXth General Assembly of the IAU, 1988 , 1989 , pp. 395
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1989

References

Strobel, D. F. (1983) ‘Photochemistry of the Reducing Atmospheres of Jupiter, Saturn, and Titan’, Intl. Rev. Phys. Rev. 3, 145.Google Scholar
Strobel, D. F. (1985) “The Photochemistry of the Atmospheres of the Outer Planets and Their Satellites’, in Levine, J. S. (ed.), The Photochemistry of Atmospheres, Academic Press, New York, pp. 393–434.CrossRefGoogle Scholar