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Planetary Science
					
 Jun 10, 2019 to Jun 15, 2019 
 12:00AM to 12:00AM

									

				

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	Date/Time

	Date(s) - 10/06/2019 - 15/06/2019
12:00 am







Sarah M Hörst – Johns Hopkins University


Visit Date: Week beginning June 10th 2019.


Local Host: Ralph Pudritz


Sarah M Hörst is Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Johns Hopkins University where she is working to understand the formation and composition of planetary atmospheric hazes.


Titan is unique in the solar system; it is the only satellite with a substantial atmosphere and its atmosphere is both strongly reducing and contains significant quantities of carbon (CH4), nitrogen (N2) and oxygen (CO). Photochemistry in Titan’s atmosphere is therefore able to create complex molecules containing C, N, O and H. This makes Titan our only planetary-scale laboratory to study the synthesis of complex organic molecules. Dr Hörst uses photochemical modeling and laboratory atmosphere simulation experiments to improve our understanding of Titan’s atmosphere.