Science goals and objectives for the Dragonfly Titan rotorcraft relocatable lander

JW Barnes, EP Turtle, MG Trainer… - The Planetary …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
NASA's Dragonfly mission will send a rotorcraft lander to the surface of Titan in the mid-
2030s. Dragonfly's science themes include investigation of Titan's prebiotic chemistry …

Polar vortices in planetary atmospheres

DM Mitchell, RK Scott, WJM Seviour… - Reviews of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Among the great diversity of atmospheric circulation patterns observed throughout the solar
system, polar vortices stand out as a nearly ubiquitous planetary‐scale phenomenon. In …

Moisture transport and the methane cycle of Titan's lower atmosphere

JM Lora - Icarus, 2024 - Elsevier
Titan's surface and lower atmosphere support a hydrologic cycle that influences various
aspects of the icy moon's appearance and evolution. Here, we review the state of knowledge …

Selection and characteristics of the Dragonfly landing site near Selk crater, Titan

RD Lorenz, SM MacKenzie, CD Neish… - The Planetary …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The factors contributing to the initial selection of a dune site near the Selk impact structure
on Titan as the first landing site for the Dragonfly mission are described. These include …

TRAPPIST habitable atmosphere intercomparison (THAI) workshop report

TJ Fauchez, M Turbet, DE Sergeev… - The Planetary …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The era of atmospheric characterization of terrestrial exoplanets is just around the corner.
Modeling prior to observations is crucial in order to predict the observational challenges and …

Titan: Earth-like on the outside, ocean world on the inside

SM MacKenzie, SPD Birch, S Hörst… - The Planetary …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Thanks to the Cassini–Huygens mission, Titan, the pale orange dot of Pioneer and
Voyager encounters, has been revealed to be a dynamic, hydrologically shaped, organic …

Thermal inertia as an integrative parameter for building performance

GM Soret, P Vacca, J Tignard, JP Hidalgo… - Journal of Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
Traditionally, the energy efficiency properties of building envelope components are
prescribed world-wide using the steady-state “U-value” where the insulation capabilities rely …

On‐deck seismology: Lessons from InSight for future planetary seismology

MP Panning, WT Pike, P Lognonné… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Before deploying to the surface of Mars, the short‐period (SP) seismometer of the InSight
mission operated on deck for a total of 48 hr. This data set can be used to understand how …

Potential vorticity structure of Titan's polar vortices from Cassini CIRS observations

J Sharkey, NA Teanby, M Sylvestre, DM Mitchell… - Icarus, 2021 - Elsevier
The Cassini mission has provided the best opportunity to date to extensively study the
seasonal variation in Titan's atmosphere, with observations spanning almost half a Titan …

Modeling the formation of Menrva impact crater on Titan: Implications for habitability

AP Crósta, EA Silber, RMC Lopes, BC Johnson… - Icarus, 2021 - Elsevier
Titan is unique in the solar system: it is an ocean world, an icy world, an organic world, and
has a dense atmosphere. It is a geologically active world as well, with ongoing exogenic …