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Cassini-Huygens/VIMS at T0 and Ta:
A Taste of Titanic Things to Come
K. H. Baines, B. Buratti, P. Drossart, C. Griffith, R. Jaumann, R. M. Nelson,
R. H. Brown, R. Clark, C. Sotin, T.Momary and the Cassini/VIMS Team
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Salient Results from T0• Titan
– Surface
– Winds & Clouds
– EmissionsQuickTime™ and a
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Titan’s Surface Revealed at T0
- Crystal clear views of Titan’s surface achieved at several wavelengths in the near-infrared, particularly beyond 2.0 microns wavelength.
- Variety of surface features observed - Evidence for variety of substances--including organic-based materials
- No conclusive VIMS observational evidence yet for surface fluids- Specular reflection not observed on the approx. 2% of surface probed thus far
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Observations at T0
• Image 42.64 • HighRes in IR for some
observations• integration time between 160
ms and 640 ms.• Phase angle : 65°
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Cloud Distribution/Windsfrom T0
- Single major cloud feature near South Pole - 88 degrees S. Latitude- ~400 km diameter- Tracked for 12 hours
- Several smaller, weaker clouds- Perhaps deeper cloudtops
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Titan: Multiple South Polar Cloud Features
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Cloud Structure
Cloudtop: 20 ± 5 km
Opacity: ~2 at 2 m
Griffith Model
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Titan Emissions
• Extensive atmosphere--10 times thicker than Earth’s--Glows for hundreds of kilometers above surface• Dayglow--Methane Fluorescence at 3.3 microns
– Extended atmosphere ~ 1/3 of Titan’s radius
• Nightglow discovered=> warm stratosphere > 160 K – Generated by primarily by C0, C02 and CH3D
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Nightside Emissions Altitude Profile
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Titan Nightside 4.7-um Spectra
CH3D
CO2
Blue: Average over the Night limb
Red: Center of disk onnightside
CO, likely
Emission zone
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CLOUD-TRACKED WINDS
Latest Results For Major South-Pole Cloud Feature (8/31/04):
0.5 ± 3 m/s, progradeBased on: (1) Motions relative to surface features (2) Motions from C-KernalsConsistent with current theories of Titan’s winds
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This Week at Titan….
Titan’s surface and atmosphere will be imaged up to 100 times higherspatial resolution than previously achieved.
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VIMS will characterizethe surface and atmosphereat the Huygens probe landing site.