Role of the global water ocean on the evolution of Titan’s primitive atmosphere
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DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2017.10.048
Abstract: Abstract During the accretion of Titan, impact heating may have been sufficient to allow the global melting of water ice and the release of volatile compounds, mainly constituted of CO2, CH4 and NH3. The duration… read more here.
Keywords: co2 nh3; titan; co2; water ocean ... See more keywords
Wind and surface roughness considerations for seismic instrumentation on a relocatable lander for Titan
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2021.105320
Abstract: Abstract The influence of terrain and the atmosphere on seismic measurements to be made by the Dragonfly rotorcraft lander on Saturn's moon Titan are examined. The need to relocate the vehicle leads to rather different… read more here.
Keywords: surface roughness; wind surface; titan; lander ... See more keywords
The seasonal cycle of Titan's detached haze
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DOI: 10.1038/s41550-018-0434-z
Abstract: Titan's ‘detached’ haze, seen in Voyager images in 1980 and 1981 and monitored by the Cassini Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) during the period 2004–2017, provides a measure of seasonal activity in Titan’s mesosphere with observations… read more here.
Keywords: seasonal cycle; detached haze; titan detached; titan ... See more keywords
Deep and methane-rich lakes on Titan
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DOI: 10.1038/s41550-019-0714-2
Abstract: Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, hosts liquid hydrocarbon lakes and seas on its surface. During the last close encounter with Titan (22 April 2017), the Cassini spacecraft used its RADAR as a sounder to probe the… read more here.
Keywords: rich lakes; methane rich; titan; methane ... See more keywords
An intense thermospheric jet on Titan
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DOI: 10.1038/s41550-019-0749-4
Abstract: The presence of winds in Titan’s lower and middle atmosphere has been determined by a variety of techniques, including direct measurements from the Huygens Probe1 over 0–150 km; Doppler shifts of molecular spectral lines in the… read more here.
Keywords: thermospheric jet; titan; jet titan; jet ... See more keywords
To sink or swim in Titan’s lakes
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DOI: 10.1038/s41561-019-0361-3
Abstract: Flotation of aerosols as a film on the hydrocarbon lakes of Saturn’s moon Titan may explain the lakes’ stillness, and could influence the atmospheric hydrocarbon cycle. read more here.
Keywords: sink swim; swim titan; titan lakes; titan ... See more keywords
Selection and Analytical Performances of the Dragonfly Mass Spectrometer Gas Chromatographic Columns to Support the Search for Organic Molecules of Astrobiological Interest on Titan.
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DOI: 10.1089/ast.2022.0038
Abstract: Titan is a key planetary body for astrobiology, with the presence of a subsurface ocean and a dense atmosphere, in which complex chemistry is known to occur. Approximately 1-Titan-year after the Cassini-Huygens mission arrived in… read more here.
Keywords: astrobiology; chemistry; mass spectrometer; titan ... See more keywords
High-Resolution Topography of Titan Adapting the Delay/Doppler Algorithm to the Cassini RADAR Altimeter Data
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DOI: 10.1109/tgrs.2019.2912575
Abstract: The Cassini RADAR altimeter has provided broad-scale surface topography data for Saturn’s largest moon Titan. Herein, we adapt the delay/Doppler algorithm to take into account Cassini geometries and antenna mispointing usually occurring during hyperbolic Titan… read more here.
Keywords: radar altimeter; cassini; delay doppler; cassini radar ... See more keywords