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Pressure-cooking Triton

Jonathan I. Lunine
News & Views05 May 1994
Nature

Volume: 369, P: 21-22
D to H ratio and the origin and evolution of Titan's atmosphere

Joseph P. Pinto
Jonathan I. Lunine
Yuk L. Yung
Research01 Jan 1986
Nature

Volume: 319, P: 388-390
Evidence for a molecule heavier than methane in the atmosphere of Pluto

Roger V. Yelle
Jonathan I. Lunine
Research25 May 1989
Nature

Volume: 339, P: 288-290
Physical state of volatiles on the surface of Triton

Jonathan I. Lunine
David J. Stevenson
Research19 Sept 1985
Nature

Volume: 317, P: 238-240
Titan’s strong tidal dissipation precludes a subsurface ocean

Reanalysis of radiometric data from Cassini indicates that Titan does not contain a subsurface ocean, as strong tidal dissipation observed in its gravity field is not consistent with the presence of a liquid layer.

Flavio Petricca
Steven D. Vance
Jonathan I. Lunine
ResearchOpen Access17 Dec 2025
Nature

Volume: 648, P: 556-561
Mobilization of cryogenic ice in outer Solar System satellites

David J. Stevenson
Jonathan I. Lunine
Research04 Sept 1986
Nature

Volume: 323, P: 46-48
Possible explosion crater origin of small lake basins with raised rims on Titan

Some lake basins in the polar regions of Titan may be craters from nitrogen vapour explosions due to past warming, according to analysis of their morphology in comparison to terrestrial explosion craters from magma–water interaction.

Giuseppe Mitri
Jonathan I. Lunine
Valerio Poggiali
Research09 Sept 2019
Nature Geoscience

Volume: 12, P: 791-796
Space telescope: Debt problems go deeper

Jonathan I. Lunine
Correspondence23 Nov 2011
Nature

Volume: 479, P: 478
Enceladus and its plume

Jonathan I. Lunine
News & Views05 Sept 2017
Nature Astronomy

Volume: 1, P: 581
Episodic outgassing as the origin of atmospheric methane on Titan

Gabriel Tobie
Jonathan I. Lunine
Christophe Sotin
Research02 Mar 2006
Nature

Volume: 440, P: 61-64
Prevalent lightning sferics at 600 megahertz near Jupiter’s poles

Observations of broadband emission from lightning on Jupiter at 600 megahertz show a lightning discharge mechanism similar to that of terrestrial lightning and indicate increased moist convection near Jupiter’s poles.

Shannon Brown
Michael Janssen
John Connerney
Research06 Jun 2018
Nature

Volume: 558, P: 87-90
A post-Cassini view of Titan’s methane-based hydrologic cycle

The Cassini mission revealed the complex workings of Titan’s methane-based hydrologic cycle over a range of timescales, providing a potential window into the future of Earth and its water cycle.

Alexander G. Hayes
Ralph D. Lorenz
Jonathan I. Lunine
Reviews30 Apr 2018
Nature Geoscience

Volume: 11, P: 306-313
Saturn's moon Phoebe as a captured body from the outer Solar System

Torrence V. Johnson
Jonathan I. Lunine
Research05 May 2005
Nature

Volume: 435, P: 69-71
Salts and organics on Ganymede’s surface observed by the JIRAM spectrometer onboard Juno

Juno’s close flyby of Ganymede on 7 June 2021 allowed the infrared mapping spectrometer JIRAM to observe the surface at unprecedented spatial resolution. JIRAM’s detailed spectroscopic characterization reveals past extensive aqueous alteration on the moon, possibly together with hydrothermal activity.

Federico Tosi
Alessandro Mura
Diego Turrini
Research30 Oct 2023
Nature Astronomy

Volume: 8, P: 82-93
High atmospheric metal enrichment for a Saturn-mass planet

Saturn-mass exoplanet HD 149026b has an atmospheric metallicity 59–276 times solar, which is greater than Saturn’s atmospheric metallicity of roughly 7.5 times solar and more correlated with bulk metallicity than planet mass.

Jacob L. Bean
Qiao Xue
Megan Mansfield
Research27 Mar 2023
Nature

Volume: 618, P: 43-46
Small lightning flashes from shallow electrical storms on Jupiter

Small lightning flashes detected on Jupiter by Juno have shallow origins above the 2-bar level of Jupiter’s atmosphere where temperatures are too low for liquid water to exist.

Heidi N. Becker
James W. Alexander
Paul G. Steffes
Research05 Aug 2020
Nature

Volume: 584, P: 55-58
The root of anomalously specular reflections from solid surfaces on Saturn’s moon Titan

Anomalously specular radar reflections (ASRR) from Titan’s tropical region were interpreted earlier as evidence for liquid surfaces, but the Cassini spacecraft did not observe lakes/seas at the anomalously specular locations. Here, the authors show that ASRR originate from one terrain unit, likely paleolakes/paleoseas.

Jason D. Hofgartner
Alexander G. Hayes
Stephen D. Wall
ResearchOpen Access16 Jun 2020
Nature Communications

Volume: 11, P: 1-8
Dual storage and release of molecular oxygen in comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

Seasonal changes in the correlation between O₂ and H₂O in comet 67P’s coma are indicative of two reservoirs of molecular oxygen in the nucleus, a deeper primordial one and a surficial one, suggesting that the observed high abundance of O₂ and its association with H₂O are not reflective of the original accretion source.

Adrienn Luspay-Kuti
Olivier Mousis
Steven M. Petrinec
Research10 Mar 2022
Nature Astronomy

Volume: 6, P: 724-730
The methane cycle on Titan

Despite Titan's cold temperatures (about 93.7 K at the equator), fluvial and atmospheric processes are active on this moon of Saturn, with methane playing a similar role to water on Earth. However, Titan lacks a global methane ocean, and rainfall appears to be episodic.

Jonathan I. Lunine
Sushil K. Atreya
Reviews17 Feb 2008
Nature Geoscience

Volume: 1, P: 159-164

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