Global Spectral Diversity of Titan's Surface

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Sep 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006dps....38.4803b&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #38, #48.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 38, p.574

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Titan shows a variegated surface to the Cassini VIMS instrument in near-infrared reflection. The equatorial regions are a vast, dark dunefield intersperced with brighter material including unique Xanadu; the mid-latitudes are bright, but spectrally distinct from the equatorial brightlands; and the south pole is again a mixture of bright and dark, with the different dark material than that near the equator. Two distinct 5-micron-bright areas adorn the leading hemisphere. We present color global mapping of Titan and spectral unit maps of Titan's surface generated using principal components and cluster analyses. We discuss these results in the context of returns from Huygens and RADAR to paint a global picture of Titan's state and evolution.

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