Impacts and cratering on Titan: a pre-Cassini view

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Aug 1997

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Planetary and Space Science, v. 45, p. 1009-1019.

Computer Science

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Titan is an outstanding object in terms of its usefulness for comparative planetology. While essentially an icy giant satellite like Ganymede and Callisto, its thick atmosphere makes it a very different place. Also, while Titan's thermal history may have similarities with Ganymede and Callisto, Titan's much larger distance from its primary and from the sun profoundly affects impactor speed distributions and gravitational focusing. The likely characteristics of the impact crater population on Titan are reviewed under two broad categories: number and spatial distribution, and morphology, with particular emphasis on impact-atmosphere interactions. Additionally, measurement prospects for Cassini are considered.

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