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Noble gas depletion on Titan: Clathrate sequestration during the open ocean phase
Alizée Amsler Moulanier, Olivier Mousis, Alexis Bouquet +1
A plausible explanation for the absence of primordial argon, krypton, and xenon in Titan's current atmosphere is that these gases were sequestered in clathrate hydrates during Tita…
The role of ammonia in the distribution of volatiles in the primordial hydrosphere of Europa
Alizée Amsler Moulanier, Olivier Mousis, Alexis Bouquet +1
The presence of a hydrosphere on Europa raises questions about its habitability, and studies of its volatile inventory can provide insight into its formation process. Different sce…
Early stages of Galilean moon formation in a water-depleted environment
Olivier Mousis, Antoine Schneeberger, Jonathan I. Lunine +3
A key feature of the Galilean satellite system is its monotonic decrease in bulk density with distance from Jupiter, indicating an ice mass fraction that is zero in the innermost m…
Moonraker -- Enceladus Multiple Flyby Mission
O. Mousis, A. Bouquet, Y. Langevin +50
Enceladus, an icy moon of Saturn, possesses an internal water ocean and jets expelling ocean material into space. Cassini investigations indicated that the subsurface ocean could b…
Exogenic origin for the volatiles sampled by the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite impact
Kathleen E Mandt, Olivier Mousis, Dana Hurley +4
Returning humans to the Moon presents an unprecedented opportunity to determine the origin of volatiles stored in the permanently shaded regions (PSRs), which trace the history of…
Cold traps of hypervolatiles in the protosolar nebula at the origin of comet C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)'s peculiar composition
Olivier Mousis, Artyom Aguichine, Alexis Bouquet +4
Recent observations of the long period comet C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS) indicate an unusually high N2/CO abundance ratio, typically larger than 0.05, and at least 2-3 times higher than…
Synthesis of molecular oxygen via irradiation of ice grains in the protosolar nebula
O. Mousis, T. Ronnet, J. I. Lunine +4
Molecular oxygen has been detected in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov--Gerasimenko with a mean abundance of 3.80 0.85\% by the ROSINA mass spectrometer on board the Rosetta s…
Methane clathrates in the Solar System
Olivier Mousis, Eric Chassefière, Nils G. Holm +8
We review the reservoirs of methane clathrates that may exist in the different bodies of the Solar System. Methane was formed in the interstellar medium prior to having been embedd…
Pits formation from volatile outgassing on 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
O. Mousis, A. Guilbert-Lepoutre, B. Brugger +8
We investigate the thermal evolution of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko's subsurface in the Seth_01 region, where active pits have been observed by the ESA/Rosetta mission. Our sim…
Scientific rationale of Saturn's in situ exploration
O. Mousis, L. N. Fletcher, J. -P. Lebreton +47
Remote sensing observations meet some limitations when used to study the bulk atmospheric composition of the giant planets of our solar system. A remarkable example of the superior…
Instrumental Methods for Professional and Amateur Collaborations in Planetary Astronomy
O. Mousis, R. Hueso, J. -P. Beaulieu +57
Amateur contributions to professional publications have increased exponentially over the last decades in the field of Planetary Astronomy. Here we review the different domains of t…