Titan Radar Mapper observations from Cassini's T3 fly-by
Charles Elachi
(1)
,
Stephen D. Wall
(1)
,
Michael A. Janssen
(1)
,
Ellen R. Stofan
(2)
,
Rosaly M. C. Lopes
(1)
,
R. Kirk
(3)
,
Ralph D. Lorenz
(4)
,
Jonathan I. Lunine
(4)
,
Flora Paganelli
(1)
,
Laurence A. Soderblom
(3)
,
Charles Wood
(5)
,
L. C. Wye
(6)
,
H. Zebker
(6)
,
Y. Anderson
(1)
,
S. Ostro
(1)
,
M. Allison
(7)
,
R. Boehmer
(1)
,
P. Callahan
(1)
,
Pierre J. Encrenaz
(8, 9, 10)
,
Enrico Flamini
(11)
,
G. Francescetti
(12)
,
Y. Gim
(1)
,
G. Hamilton
(1)
,
S. Hensley
(1)
,
W. Johnson
(1)
,
K. Kelleher
(1)
,
Duane Muhleman
(13)
,
G. Picardi
(14)
,
F. Posa
(15)
,
L. Roth
(1)
,
R. Seu
(14)
,
S. Shaffer
(1)
,
B. W. Stiles
(1)
,
S. Vetrella
(12)
,
R. West
(1)
1
JPL -
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
2 Proxemy Research, Bowie
3 US Geological Survey, Flagstaff
4 LPL - Lunar and Planetary Laboratory [University of Arizona]
5 Planetary Science Institute, Tucson
6 Stanford University
7 Goddard Institute for Space Studies, National Aeronautics and Space Administration New York
8 Observatoire de Paris
9 LERMA - Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique
10 Instrumentation et télédétection
11 Alenia Aerospazio
12 Facoltá di Ingegneria
13 Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
14 Universitá La Sapienza
15 INFM and Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica
2 Proxemy Research, Bowie
3 US Geological Survey, Flagstaff
4 LPL - Lunar and Planetary Laboratory [University of Arizona]
5 Planetary Science Institute, Tucson
6 Stanford University
7 Goddard Institute for Space Studies, National Aeronautics and Space Administration New York
8 Observatoire de Paris
9 LERMA - Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique
10 Instrumentation et télédétection
11 Alenia Aerospazio
12 Facoltá di Ingegneria
13 Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
14 Universitá La Sapienza
15 INFM and Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica
Jonathan I. Lunine
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 761866
- ORCID : 0000-0003-2279-4131
- IdRef : 050225081
Résumé
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.