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The Lakes and Seas of Titan

hal.structure.identifierJet Propulsion Laboratory [JPL]
dc.contributor.authorLOPES, Rosaly M. C.
hal.structure.identifierJet Propulsion Laboratory [JPL]
dc.contributor.authorMITCHELL, Karl L.
hal.structure.identifierJet Propulsion Laboratory [JPL]
dc.contributor.authorWALL, Stephen D.
hal.structure.identifierJet Propulsion Laboratory [JPL]
dc.contributor.authorMITRI, Giuseppe
hal.structure.identifierJet Propulsion Laboratory [JPL]
dc.contributor.authorJANSSEN, Michael
hal.structure.identifierJet Propulsion Laboratory [JPL]
dc.contributor.authorOSTRO, Steven
hal.structure.identifierUS Geological Survey [Flagstaff]
dc.contributor.authorKIRK, Randolph L.
hal.structure.identifierDivision of Geological and Planetary Sciences [Pasadena]
dc.contributor.authorHAYES, Alexander G.
hal.structure.identifierProxemy Research Inc
dc.contributor.authorSTOFAN, Ellen R.
hal.structure.identifierLunar and Planetary Laboratory [Tucson] [LPL]
dc.contributor.authorLUNINE, Jonathan I.
hal.structure.identifierJohns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory [Laurel, MD] [APL]
dc.contributor.authorLORENZ, Ralph D.
hal.structure.identifierWheeling Jesuit University
dc.contributor.authorWOOD, Charles
hal.structure.identifierLunar and Planetary Laboratory [Tucson] [LPL]
dc.contributor.authorRADEBAUGH, Jani
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire d'astrodynamique, d'astrophysique et d'aéronomie de bordeaux [L3AB]
hal.structure.identifierObservatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers [OASU]
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] [LAB]
dc.contributor.authorPAILLOU, Philippe
hal.structure.identifierDepartment of Electrical Engineering [Stanford]
dc.contributor.authorZEBKER, H.
hal.structure.identifierJet Propulsion Laboratory [JPL]
dc.contributor.authorPAGANELLI, Flora
dc.date.issued2007
dc.identifier.issn0096-3941
dc.description.abstractEnThe study of Titan, Saturn's largest satellite, is a major goal of the Cassini-Huygens mission. This joint project between NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Italian Space Agency consists of a Saturn orbiter (Cassini) and a Titan probe (Huygens). Since the mission's arrival at Saturn in July 2004, one of its most spectacular discoveries has been the finding of the first extraterrestrial nonmagmatic standing bodies of liquid: Titan's hydrocarbon lakes and seas. In July 2006, the first synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images of Titan's north polar region btained by the Cassini spacecraft showed dozens of lakes above latitudes of 70° [Stofan et al., 2007]. Subsequent SAR images obtained by Cassini have covered approximately 68% of Titan's north polar region at latitudes above 60 degrees. These images show more than 400 radar-dark areas that we interpret as being liquid lakes (shown in dark blue in Figure 1), including a few that are so large that they rightfully may be called seas. We discuss here the evidence for liquids on Titan, the distribution and morphology of lakes, and recent data that indicate the presence of lakes in the south polar regions.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAmerican Geophysical Union (AGU)
dc.rights.urihttp://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/licences/copyright/
dc.subject.enPlanetary Sciences: Solar System Objects: Titan
dc.subject.enPlanetary Sciences: Solar System Objects: Saturnian satellites
dc.subject.enPlanetary Sciences: Solar System Objects: General or miscellaneous
dc.title.enThe Lakes and Seas of Titan
dc.typeArticle de revue
dc.identifier.doi10.1029/2007EO510001
dc.subject.halPlanète et Univers [physics]/Astrophysique [astro-ph]/Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]
dc.subject.halPhysique [physics]/Astrophysique [astro-ph]/Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]
bordeaux.journalEos, Transactions American Geophysical Union
bordeaux.page569-570
bordeaux.volume88
bordeaux.peerReviewedoui
hal.identifierhal-00405428
hal.version1
hal.popularnon
hal.audienceInternationale
hal.origin.linkhttps://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr//hal-00405428v1
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