Titan's atmosphere and climate

SM Hörst - Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Titan is the only moon with a substantial atmosphere, the only other thick N2 atmosphere
besides Earth's, the site of extraordinarily complex atmospheric chemistry that far surpasses …

The lakes and seas of Titan

AG Hayes - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Analogous to Earth's water cycle, Titan's methane-based hydrologic cycle supports standing
bodies of liquid and drives processes that result in common morphologic features including …

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 …

Rapid and extensive surface changes near Titan's equator: Evidence of April showers

EP Turtle, JE Perry, AG Hayes, RD Lorenz, JW Barnes… - science, 2011 - science.org
Although there is evidence that liquids have flowed on the surface at Titan's equator in the
past, to date, liquids have only been confirmed on the surface at polar latitudes, and the vast …

On the habitability and future exploration of ocean worlds

KP Hand, C Sotin, A Hayes, A Coustenis - Space science reviews, 2020 - Springer
Liquid water oceans are now predicted to exist beneath the icy shells of numerous worlds in
the outer solar system. These ocean worlds are prime targets in our search for evidence of …

Planetary habitability: lessons learned from terrestrial analogues

LJ Preston, LR Dartnell - International Journal of Astrobiology, 2014 - cambridge.org
Terrestrial analogue studies underpin almost all planetary missions and their use is
essential in the exploration of our Solar system and in assessing the habitability of other …

The sedimentary rock record of Mars: Distribution, origins, and global stratigraphy

JP Grotzinger, RE Milliken - 2012 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The last decade of Mars exploration produced a series of discoveries that provide
compelling evidence for the existence of sedimentary rocks on Mars. Previously, Mars was …

The bathymetry of a Titan sea

M Mastrogiuseppe, V Poggiali, A Hayes… - Geophysical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We construct the depth profile—the bathymetry—of Titan's large sea Ligeia Mare from
Cassini RADAR data collected during the 23 May 2013 (T91) nadir‐looking altimetry flyby …

Cassini imaging of Titan's high‐latitude lakes, clouds, and south‐polar surface changes

EP Turtle, JE Perry, AS McEwen… - Geophysical …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Cassini's Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) has been observing Titan since April 2004,
compiling a nearly global surface map and monitoring the surface and atmosphere for …

Cryovolcanism on Titan: New results from Cassini RADAR and VIMS

RMC Lopes, RL Kirk, KL Mitchell… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The existence of cryovolcanic features on Titan has been the subject of some controversy.
Here we use observations from the Cassini RADAR, including Synthetic Aperture Radar …