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Are Titan's Lakes Liquid-filled?

Year: 2007

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: SAR imagery obtained during Cassini's T16 Titan fly-by revealed numerous radar-dark features at > ~70° N, interpreted to be lakes [1] on the basis of their low radar reflectivity, morphology and consistency with predictions [2]. Later fly-bys revealed more lakes, and also overlapped with previous scenes, facilitating multi-angle, multi-temporal studies, with several more such opportunities over the coming months. Here we introduce our efforts to understand the nature of the lakes using such studies, focusing on one anomalous lake in particular, and address the issue of whether the observed lakes are liquid-filled or dry.

Source: HAL

Authors: L. Mitchell, K., Paillou, Philippe, W. Stiles, B., Zebker, H., Mitri, G., Lunine, J.I., Wall, S., Lorenz, R. D., M. C. Lopes, R., Hensley, S., R. Stofan, E., L. Kirk, R., J. Ostro, S., Paganelli, F.

Institutions: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux, Observatoire Aquitain des Sciences de l'Univers, Stanford University, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Language: English

Topic: Astro and Planetary Science

Subfield: Space and Planetary Science

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W48302511

FWCI: 1.516

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