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The global energy balance of Titan
Abstract
The global energy budget of planets and their moons is a critical factor to influence the climate change on these objects. Here we report the first measurement of the global emitted power of Titan. Long-term (2004–2010) observations conducted by the Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) onboard Cassini reveal that the total emitted power by Titan is (2.84 ± 0.01) × 10^(14) watts. Together with previous measurements of the global absorbed solar power of Titan, the CIRS measurements indicate that the global energy budget of Titan is in equilibrium within measurement error. The uncertainty in the absorbed solar energy places an upper limit on the energy imbalance of 6.0%.
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© 2011 American Geophysical Union. Received 18 October 2011; revised 8 November 2011; accepted 9 November 2011; published 15 December 2011. NASA Outer Planets Research Program funded this work. We are grateful for valuable comments and suggestions on this work from Christopher P. McKay and the other anonymous reviewer.Attached Files
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