The Surface of Titan as Seen by the Cassini VIMS Investigation

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Sep 2006

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American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #38, #48.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 38, p.574

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The Cassini Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) is an imaging spectrometer working in the wavelength region 0.35-5.2 μm. The science goals of the VIMS investigation range over the entire suite of objects in the Saturn system. As seen by VIMS, the surface of Titan shows several interesting geologic structures, albedo variations and compositional units, among them signs of cryovolcanism (Tui Reggio and "The Snail"), widespread deposits of simple organics such as benzene and light alkanes, and strong correlations between the spatial distribution of dune fields seen in Cassini radar images and the VIMS "brown” unit. After 17 flybys (at the time of writing) Titan is finally yielding some of its secrets to the phalanx of Cassini instruments. This talk will review recent results for the surface of Titan gleaned primarily from VIMS data and the combination of VIMS with Radar data.

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