New constraints on Ganymede's hydrogen corona: Analysis of Lyman- α emissions observed by HST/STIS between 1998 and 2014

Planetary and Space Science 148 (2017) C

Authors:

J Alday, L Roth, N Ivchenko, KD Retherford, TM Becker, P Molyneux, J Saur

Was Planet 9 captured in the Sun’s natal star-forming region?

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters Oxford University Press (OUP) 472:1 (2017) L75-L79

Authors:

Richard J Parker, Tim Lichtenberg, Sascha P Quanz

Mapping Vinyl Cyanide and Other Nitriles in Titan's Atmosphere Using ALMA

(2017)

Authors:

JC-Y Lai, MA Cordiner, CA Nixon, RK Achterberg, EM Molter, NA Teanby, MY Palmer, SB Charnley, JE Lindberg, Z Kisiel, MJ Mumma, PGJ Irwin

Comparison of the GOSAT TANSO-FTS TIR CH4 volume mixing ratio vertical profiles with those measured by ACE-FTS, ESA MIPAS, IMK-IAA MIPAS, and 16 NDACC stations

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Copernicus Publications 10:10 (2017) 3697-3718

Authors:

Kevin S Olsen, Kimberly Strong, Kaley A Walker, Chris D Boone, Piera Raspollini, Johannes Plieninger, Whitney Bader, Stephanie Conway, Michel Grutter, James W Hannigan, Frank Hase, Nicholas Jones, Martine de Mazière, Justus Notholt, Matthias Schneider, Dan Smale, Ralf Sussmann, Naoko Saitoh

D/H Ratios on Saturn and Jupiter from Cassini CIRS

Astronomical Journal IOP Publishing 154:5 (2017) 178

Authors:

JDR Pierel, CA Nixon, E Lellouch, LN Fletcher, GL Bjoraker, RK Achterberg, B Bezard, BE Hesman, Patrick Irwin, FM Flasar

Abstract:

We present new measurements of the deuterium abundance on Jupiter and Saturn, showing evidence that Saturn's atmosphere contains less deuterium than Jupiter's. We analyzed far-infrared spectra from the Cassini Composite Infrared Spectrometer to measure the abundance of HD on both giant planets. Our estimate of the Jovian D/H = (2.95 ± 0.55) × 10−5 is in agreement with previous measurements by ISO/SWS: (2.25 ± 0.35) × 10−5, and the Galileo probe: (2.6 ± 0.7) × 10−5. In contrast, our estimate of the Saturn value of (2.10 ± 0.13) × 10−5 is somewhat lower than on Jupiter (by a factor of ${0.71}_{-0.15}^{+0.22}$), contrary to model predictions of a higher ratio: Saturn/Jupiter = 1.05–1.20. The Saturn D/H value is consistent with estimates for hydrogen in the protosolar nebula (2.1 ± 0.5) ×10−5, but its apparent divergence from the Jovian value suggests that our understanding of planetary formation and evolution is incomplete, which is in agreement with previous work.