Table 5: Minimum mass of accreted water ( $M_{\rm water}$), minimum mass of accreted ices ( $M_{\rm ices}$) and corresponding minimum O/H abundance (compared to solar value) in Saturn's atmosphere required to fit the observed C enrichments. Calculations are presented for the minimum fits of both KAO C and ground-based N measurements (Kerola et al. 1997; Briggs & Sackett 1989) and Cassini C measurement (Flasar et al. 2005) in Saturn's atmosphere. Ranges of CO2:CO:CH4 and N2:NH3 gas-phase ratios used here are those determined by A05c (see text).
    N2:NH3 = 1 N2:NH3 = 10
    CO2:CO = 4 CO2:CO = 3 CO2:CO = 2 CO2:CO = 1 CO2:CO = 1

KAO
$M_{\rm water} / M_\oplus$ 2.2 2.5 3.0 4.0 4.6
  $M_{\rm ices} / M_\oplus$ 5.4 5.6 5.9 6.6 7.6
  O/H 5.1 5.4 5.8 6.6 7.6

Cassini
$M_{\rm water} / M_\oplus$ 5.7 6.6 8.0 11.0 11.2
  $M_{\rm ices} / M_\oplus$ 13.7 14.4 15.7 18.2 18.3
  O/H 13.1 13.9 15.2 18.0 18.3


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