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Jupiter's Atmospheric Composition from the Cassini Thermal Infrared Spectroscopy Experiment

Smith, M. D.; Strobel, D. F.; Lellouch, E. +39 more

The Composite Infrared Spectrometer observed Jupiter in the thermal infrared during the swing-by of the Cassini spacecraft. Results include the detection of two new stratospheric species, the methyl radical and diacetylene, gaseous species present in the north and south auroral infrared hot spots; determination of the variations with latitude of a…