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Pasadena CA (JPL) May 14, 2008 Cassini completed a successful flyby of Titan on May 12, at an altitude of 1,000 kilometers (620 miles), for the first of two Titan northern hemisphere flybys that will wrap up the original four-year mission. On this flyby, Cassini's radar instrument mapped the bright region of Xanadu, which was only partly imaged previously. This overlap in coverage may yield stereo views of the region. The radar team targeted Hotei Arcus, as well as a possible cryovolcanic feature, Tortola Facula (informally known as the "Snail"), which was visible in infrared images. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Share This Article With Planet Earth
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Titan's Smoggy Sand Grains
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 05, 2008Titan and Earth have much in common, but not when it comes to sand. On Earth, sand grains form by breaking things down, but on Titan, the opposite may be true - with much of the sand a product of building things up. That's one theory Cassini scientists are considering after studying Titan's massive sand dunes with the visible and infrared mapping spectrometer on the Cassini Saturn orbiter. |
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