Formation conditions of Enceladus and origin of its methane reservoir

O. Mousis (1, 2) , J. I. Lunine (2) , J. H. Waite (3) , B. Magee (3) , W. S. Lewis (3) , K. E. Mandt (3) , D. Marquer (4) , D. Cordier (5, 6)

1 UTINAM - Univers, Transport, Interfaces, Nanostructures, Atmosphère et environnement, Molécules (UMR 6213)
2 LPL - Lunar and Planetary Laboratory [Tucson]
3 SwRI - Southwest Research Institute [San Antonio]
4 LCE - Laboratoire Chrono-environnement (UMR 6249)
5 IPR - Institut de Physique de Rennes
6 ENSCR - Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes

Domaines: Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]

O. Mousis, J. I. Lunine, J. H. Waite, B. Magee, W. S. Lewis, et al.. Formation conditions of Enceladus and origin of its methane reservoir. The Astrophysical journal letters, 2009, 701, pp.L39-L42. ⟨10.1088/0004-637X/701/1/L39⟩. ⟨hal-00419911⟩