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Titan radar mapper observations from Cassini's T3 fly-by
- Source :
- Nature, Nature, 2006, 441, pp.709-713. ⟨10.1038/nature04786⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- International audience; Cassini's Titan Radar Mapper imaged the surface of Saturn's moon Titan on its February 2005 fly-by (denoted T3), collecting high-resolution synthetic-aperture radar and larger-scale radiometry and scatterometry data. These data provide the first definitive identification of impact craters on the surface of Titan, networks of fluvial channels and surficial dark streaks that may be longitudinal dunes. Here we describe this great diversity of landforms. We conclude that much of the surface thus far imaged by radar of the haze-shrouded Titan is very young, with persistent geologic activity.
- Subjects :
- Synthetic aperture radar
geography
Multidisciplinary
geography.geographical_feature_category
Landform
Fluvial
Titan moon
Space-based radar
law.invention
Astrobiology
symbols.namesake
Impact crater
law
symbols
Radiometry
Cassini
Radar Mapper
Radar
Titan (rocket family)
[PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
Geology
Remote sensing
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00280836 and 14764687
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nature, Nature, 2006, 441, pp.709-713. ⟨10.1038/nature04786⟩
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....10c7a702520e79eb331c2dc5ec64c2f8
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nature04786⟩