The Case of Titan's Mysterious New Island: Analysis of Anomalously Bright Features Observed in the Cassini T92 SAR Pass Over Titan's Ligeia Mare
J. D. Hofgartner
(1)
,
A. G. Hayes
(1)
,
J.I. Lunine
(1)
,
H. Zebker
(2)
,
B. Stiles
(3)
,
C. Sotin
(3)
,
J.W. Barnes
(4)
,
B. H. Brown
(5)
,
P. Encrenaz
(6)
,
R. D. Kirk
(7)
,
Alice Le Gall
(8)
,
R. M. Lopes
(3)
,
R. D. Lorenz
(9)
,
M. Malaska
(3)
,
K. L. Mitchell
(3)
,
Philippe Paillou
(10)
,
J. Radebaugh
(11)
,
E. Turtle
(9)
,
S. Wall
(3)
,
C. Wood
(12)
1
Department of Astronomy [Ithaca]
2 Department of Electrical Engineering [Stanford]
3 JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4 Department of Physics [Moscow,USA]
5 University of Arizona
6 LERMA - Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique
7 Astrogeology Science Center [Flagstaff]
8 PLANETO - LATMOS
9 APL - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory [Laurel, MD]
10 SSE 2014
11 Department of Geological Sciences [BYU]
12 PSI - Planetary Science Institute [Tucson]
2 Department of Electrical Engineering [Stanford]
3 JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4 Department of Physics [Moscow,USA]
5 University of Arizona
6 LERMA - Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique
7 Astrogeology Science Center [Flagstaff]
8 PLANETO - LATMOS
9 APL - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory [Laurel, MD]
10 SSE 2014
11 Department of Geological Sciences [BYU]
12 PSI - Planetary Science Institute [Tucson]
J.I. Lunine
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Alice Le Gall
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- IdRef : 128949678
M. Malaska
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Résumé
Anomalous features were detected in Ligeia Mare that were not in any preceding nor subsequent observations. They are unique on Titan or transient in nature.