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Editors summary of letter in latest issue of Nature
"The surface of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is coated in a dense methane-rich atmosphere that prevents high-resolution imaging at visible wavelengths. During its first Titan flyby last October, the Cassini spacecraft's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer (VIMS) was able to reveal detailed surface structures, as reported in this issue. Notable features include a circular structure 30 km in diameter, thought to be a cryogenic dome. This may be volcanic, which could explain how the methane in Titan's atmosphere is replenished." Anyone seen an image of this volcano? I see volconpele posted it on his blog http://volcanopele.blogspot.com/ second time thats happened. Note to self: look there first This post has been edited by alan: Jun 8 2005, 06:12 PM |
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Jun 10 2005, 11:55 AM
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Rover Driver Group: Members Posts: 1015 Joined: 4-March 04 Member No.: 47 |
the CIRS Titan paper shows a lot of the atmospheric composition:
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_...4166bdc91419364 (hope you have access, because I can't seem to find a table right now, but there's one in Ralph Lorenz' book) There's not much known about the surface composition.. |
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Jun 10 2005, 01:44 PM
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Looks like they are pretty convinced this is a volcano. It would be great if we can get a better view of this area.
An eruption of evidence may unlock Titan's mystery |
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alan Nature Article Jun 8 2005, 06:02 PM
imran Here's another article.
Titan's Icy Volca... Jun 8 2005, 06:31 PM alan "It might well be a volcano, but it would be ... Jun 8 2005, 06:44 PM
Bob Shaw CAT aclysmic eruptions, huh? Jun 8 2005, 07:43 PM volcanopele http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07964
... Jun 8 2005, 06:58 PM Phil Stooke Good one, Bob!
Phil Jun 8 2005, 09:16 PM Gsnorgathon So if it's a giant cat poo, presumably there s... Jun 9 2005, 01:20 AM dvandorn To heck with that -- I want some imaging of the gi... Jun 9 2005, 04:50 AM Jeff7 QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jun 8 2005, 11:50 PM)To hec... Jun 9 2005, 03:16 PM Bob Shaw Ammonia should be detectable by Cassini's Kine... Jun 9 2005, 11:15 AM remcook the elusive snail...very interesting!
Of cours... Jun 9 2005, 09:46 AM edstrick Ammonia is a puzzle for solar system origin and ou... Jun 9 2005, 11:43 AM volcanopele I get a feeling that the RADAR team in general or ... Jun 9 2005, 04:28 PM exoplanet QUOTE (volcanopele @ Jun 9 2005, 04:28 PM)I g... Jun 10 2005, 01:05 AM |
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