Key Atmospheric Signatures for Identifying the Source Reservoirs of Volatiles in Uranus and Neptune
CAVALIÉ, Thibault
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] [LAB]
ASP 2020
Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique = Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics [LESIA]
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Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] [LAB]
ASP 2020
Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique = Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics [LESIA]
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en
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Ce document a été publié dans
Space Science Reviews. 2020-08, vol. 216, n° 5
Springer Verlag
Résumé en anglais
We investigate the enrichment patterns of several delivery scenarios of the volatiles to the atmospheres of ice giants, having in mind that the only well constrained determination made remotely, namely the carbon abundance ...Lire la suite >
We investigate the enrichment patterns of several delivery scenarios of the volatiles to the atmospheres of ice giants, having in mind that the only well constrained determination made remotely, namely the carbon abundance measurement, suggests that their envelopes possess highly supersolar metallicities, i.e., close to two orders of magnitude above that of the protosolar nebula. In the framework of the core accretion model, only the delivery of volatiles in solid forms (amorphous ice, clathrates, pure condensates) to these planets can account for the apparent supersolar metallicity of their envelopes. In contrast, because of the inward drift of icy particles through various snowlines, all mechanisms invoking the delivery of volatiles in vapor forms predict subsolar abundances in the envelopes of Uranus and Neptune. Alternatively, even if the disk instability mechanism remains questionable in our solar system, it might be consistent with the supersolar metallicities observed in Uranus and Neptune, assuming the two planets suffered subsequent erosion of their H-He envelopes. The enrichment patterns derived for each delivery scenario considered should be useful to interpret future in situ measurements by atmospheric entry probes.< Réduire
Mots clés en anglais
Uranus
Neptune
Atmospheric probes
Formation models
In situ measurements
Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
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