• Title of article

    Does ice float in Titan’s lakes and seas?

  • Author/Authors

    Hofgartner، نويسنده , , Jason D. and Lunine، نويسنده , , Jonathan I.، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2013
  • Pages
    4
  • From page
    628
  • To page
    631
  • Abstract
    We model Titan’s lakes and seas as methane–ethane–nitrogen systems and model the buoyancy of solids in these systems assuming thermodynamic equilibrium. We find that ice will float in methane-rich lakes for all temperatures below the freezing point of pure methane and that ice will also float in ethane-rich seas provided the ice has an air porosity of greater than 5% by volume.
  • Keywords
    Titan , Titan , Surface , Titan , hydrology , organic chemistry
  • Journal title
    Icarus
  • Serial Year
    2013
  • Journal title
    Icarus
  • Record number

    2379768