Titan Review article |
Titan Review article |
Dec 14 2007, 05:02 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 610 Joined: 23-February 07 From: Occasionally in Columbia, MD Member No.: 1764 |
This just out. Not earth-shattering, but colorful - maybe handy as an up-to-date
Titan intro http://www.jhuapl.edu/techdigest/td2702/lorenz.pdf |
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Dec 27 2007, 10:12 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 40 Joined: 11-November 05 Member No.: 550 |
Worldlets.....well put, I like it; I only wish I'd thought of it before you.
But what's the critical size? Anything below 600km is a worldlet? Ralph I read your 'Lifting Titan's Veil' book just before Cassin/huygens reached Saturn and enjoyed it very much, it really whetted the appetite, and am looking forward to reading the new book. I knew Titan was going to turn out to be an interesting world....but this is ridiculous. |
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Dec 27 2007, 10:41 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
I knew Titan was going to turn out to be an interesting world....but this is ridiculous. Yeah. You guys are right. We know enough about the Solar System now to say with a high degree of confidence that Titan's the only other place that has dynamic surface processes that even remotely approach (in terms of complexity) those of Earth. (Who knows what's happening on the "surfaces", if any, of the gas giants, but doesn't matter; we can't find out with current technology anyhow.) Titan's gotta be the Cassini XM focus, and also that of all foreseeable outer-planet investigation. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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