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A bimodal distribution of haze in Pluto's atmosphere

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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
卷 13, 期 1, 页码 -

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NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27811-6

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  1. NASA Hubble Fellowship - Space Telescope Science Institute [HST-HF2-51456.001-A]
  2. NASA [NAS5-26555]
  3. NASA Solar System Workings Grant [80NSSC19K0791]
  4. NASA under the New Horizons Project

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Pluto, Titan, and Triton are unique solar system bodies with icy surfaces and chemically reducing atmospheres. Studies show that their haze particles are bimodally distributed, indicating complex physical and chemical processes in their atmospheres. Further research is encouraged to reanalyze observations of hazes on Titan and Triton.
Pluto, Titan, and Triton make up a unique class of solar system bodies, with icy surfaces and chemically reducing atmospheres rich in organic photochemistry and haze formation. Hazes play important roles in these atmospheres, with physical and chemical processes highly dependent on particle sizes, but the haze size distribution in reducing atmospheres is currently poorly understood. Here we report observational evidence that Pluto's haze particles are bimodally distributed, which successfully reproduces the full phase scattering observations from New Horizons. Combined with previous simulations of Titan's haze, this result suggests that haze particles in reducing atmospheres undergo rapid shape change near pressure levels similar to 0.5 Pa and favors a photochemical rather than a dynamical origin for the formation of Titan's detached haze. It also demonstrates that both oxidizing and reducing atmospheres can produce multi-modal hazes, and encourages reanalysis of observations of hazes on Titan and Triton.

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