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Titan radar mapper observations from Cassini's T3 fly-by

Authors :
Pierre Encrenaz
Scott Hensley
William L. Johnson
Ellen R. Stofan
Roberto Seu
R. Boehmer
Steven J. Ostro
Randolph L. Kirk
Rosaly M. C. Lopes
K. Kelleher
Flora Paganelli
Matthew A. Allison
S. Vetrella
E. Flamini
Francesco Posa
G. Francescetti
G. Hamilton
Robert West
Laurence A. Soderblom
Charles A. Wood
Philip S. Callahan
Ralph D. Lorenz
Charles Elachi
S. D. Wall
S. Shaffer
Howard A. Zebker
M. A. Janssen
Bryan Stiles
Yonggyu Gim
L. Roth
Y. Anderson
Giovanni Picardi
Duane O. Muhleman
Jonathan I. Lunine
Lauren Wye
C., Elachi
S., Wall
M., Janssen
E., Stofan
R., Lope
R., Kirk
R., Lorenz
J., Lunine
F., Paganelli
L., Soderblom
C., Wood
L., Wye
H., Zebker
Y., Anderson
S., Ostro
M., Allison
R., Boehmer
P., Callahan
P., Encrenaz
E., Flamini
Franceschetti, Giorgio
Y., Gim
G., Hamilton
S., Hensley
W., Johnson
K., Kelleher
D., Muhleman
G., Picardi
F., Posa
L., Roth
R., Seu
S., Shaffer
B., Stile
Vetrella, Sergio
R., West
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology (JPL)
Proxemy Research, Bowie
US Geological Survey, Flagstaff
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory [University of Arizona] (LPL)
University of Arizona
Planetary Science Institute, Tucson
Stanford University
Goddard Institute for Space Studies, National Aeronautics and Space Administration New York
Observatoire de Paris
Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)
Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique (LERMA)
École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL)
Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris
Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Cergy Pontoise (UCP)
Université Paris-Seine-Université Paris-Seine-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Instrumentation et télédétection
Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique et Atmosphères = Laboratory for Studies of Radiation and Matter in Astrophysics and Atmospheres (LERMA)
Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris
Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-CY Cergy Paris Université (CY)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL)
Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-CY Cergy Paris Université (CY)
Alenia Aerospazio
Facoltá di Ingegneria
Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Universitá La Sapienza
INFM and Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica
Source :
Nature, Nature, 2006, 441, pp.709-713. ⟨10.1038/nature04786⟩
Publication Year :
2006

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.

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⟩