Titan's changing lakes |
Titan's changing lakes |
Jan 29 2009, 07:22 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
Today's big news?
http://ciclops.org/view/5471/CASSINI_FINDS...ILL_TITAN_LAKES Changes in the south polar region were announced late last year. Is there more to this story now?? |
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Nov 30 2009, 05:53 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3242 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
Where are the south polar dry lakes? What do you think those low, flat areas are in the RADAR sar data that match up with ISS dark areas? That being said, the north polar region seems to have more dedicated lake basins while the south pole has mostly opportunistic playas (though there are a few of those up north too).
As for Kraken Mare, again, I think it is still plausible that Mezzoramia is the south polar version of that sea. -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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Nov 30 2009, 07:05 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 131 Joined: 30-August 06 From: Moscow, Idaho Member No.: 1086 |
Where are the south polar dry lakes? What do you think those low, flat areas are in the RADAR sar data that match up with ISS dark areas? I think they're dark areas. They could be anything. If the ethane content of Kraken Mare is substantial, then there's just no way to move it around on seasonal timescales. Oded's Milankovic timescales, maybe. - Jason PS -- I can't even get a copy of this paper -- I guess we're not subscribed to Nature Geoscience here for some reason? |
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