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Models of the protosatellite disk of Saturn: Conditions for Titan's formation

Dorofeeva, V. A.; Makalkin, A. B.

Models of the protosatellite accretion disk of Saturn are developed that satisfy cosmochemical constraints on the volatile abundances in the atmospheres of Saturn and Titan with due regard for the data obtained with the Cassini orbiter and the Huygens probe, which landed on Titan in January 2005. All basic sources of heating of the disk and protos…