Capillary Processes In Extraterrestrial Contexts
The Earth is no longer the only known celestial body containing one or more liquid phases.
The Cassini spacecraft has discovered seas of hydrocarbons at the surface of Titan, while a series of corroborating evidences argue in favour of the existence of an aqueous ocean beneath the icy crust of several moons. Capillarity embraces a family of physical processes occurring at the free surface of a liquid.
These phenomena depend on the liquid properties and on the local planetary conditions. Capillarity may have important direct or indirect implications on the geoscientific and astrobiological points of view. In this paper, we discuss capillarity physics among solar system objects and expected consequences for planetary science.
Daniel Cordier, Gerard Liger-Belair, David A. Bonhommeau, Thomas Seon, Thomas Appere, Nathalie Carrasco
Comments: This paper is accepted in “Journal of Geophysical Research: Planet”. Data and softwares are publicly available at this https URL
Subjects: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP); Geophysics (physics.geo-ph)
Cite as: arXiv:2404.19131 [astro-ph.EP] (or arXiv:2404.19131v1 [astro-ph.EP] for this version)
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JE008248
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From: Daniel Cordier
[v1] Mon, 29 Apr 2024 22:29:54 UTC (2,426 KB)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.19131
Astrobiology
