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Titan’s SurfaceWhat we might see

Torrence V. JohnsonCassini Imaging Science Team

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Titan: The Ultimate Icy Satellite?

• Subsurface-Oceans?• Craters?• Surface liquid hydrocarbons

– YES• Atmospheric interactions?• And what else??

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Keck 2 / NIRC2, Nov-Dec. 2004K' surface albedo map

Titan Surface Albedo Maps

Cassini ISS Approach Map 0.95 m continuum

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CassiniISS

CassiniVIMS