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Sand Seas of Titan: Cassini RADAR Observations of Longitudinal Dunes

Sand Seas of Titan: Cassini RADAR Observations of Longitudinal Dunes

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Sand Seas of Titan: Cassini RADAR Observations of Longitudinal Dunes

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Sand Seas of Titan: Cassini RADAR Observations of Longitudinal Dunes

Publisher

Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Journal title

Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2006-05, Vol.312 (5774), p.724-727

Language

English

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Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Contents

The most recent Cassini RADAR images of Titan show widespread regions (up to 1500 kilometers by 200 kilometers) of near-parallel radar-dark linear features that appear to be seas of longitudinal dunes similar to those seen in the Namib desert on Earth. The Ku-band (2.17-centimeter wavelength) images show ~100-meter ridges consistent with duneforms...

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Sand Seas of Titan: Cassini RADAR Observations of Longitudinal Dunes

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_hal_03785316v1

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_hal_03785316v1

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ISSN

0036-8075

E-ISSN

1095-9203

DOI

10.1126/science.1123257