Planetary science: A 5-micron-bright spot on Titan: Evidence for surface diversity

Science

Volumn 310, Issue 5745, 2005, Pages 92-95

  Barnes, Jason W ^a   Brown, Robert H ^a   Turtle, Elizabeth P ^a   McEwen, Alfred S ^a   Lorenz, Ralph D ^a   Janssen, Michael ^b   Schaller, Emily L ^c   Brown, Michael E ^c   Buratti, Bonnie J ^b   Sotin, Christophe ^d   Griffith, Caitlin ^a   Clark, Roger ^e   Perry, Jason ^a   Fussner, Stephanie ^a   Barbara, John ^f   West, Richard ^b   Elachi, Charles ^b   Bouchez, Antonin H ^g   Roe, Henry G ^c   Baines, Kevin H ^b   Bellucci, Giancarlo ^h   Bibring, Jean Pierre ⁱ   Capaccioni, Fabrizio ^h   Cerroni, Priscilla ^h   Combes, Michel ^j   Coradini, Angioletta ^h   Cruikshank, Dale P ^k   Drossart, Pierre ^j   Formisano, Vittorio ^h   Jaumann, Ralf ^l   Langevin, Yves ⁱ   Matson, Dennis L ^b   McCord, Thomas B ^m   Nicholson, Phillip D ⁿ   Sicardy, Bruno ^j   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^g W M KECK OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^h CNR   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^j OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^k NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^l GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁿ Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; MAPPING;

GEOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; IMAGING SCIENCE SUBSYSTEMS;

INFRARED RADIATION;

ALBEDO; PLANETARY SURFACE; TITAN;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRY; SPECTROMETER; MICROCLIMATE; SPACE FLIGHT; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ICE; METHANE; WATER;

ATMOSPHERE; DRY ICE; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; ICE; METHANE; SATURN; SPACECRAFT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 26444474621     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1117075     Document Type: Article

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15. Some of the data presented herein were obtained at the W. M. Keck Observatory, which is operated as a scientific partnership among the California Institute of Technology, the University of California, and NASA. The observatory was made possible by the generous financial support of the W. M. Keck Foundation. This work was funded by the Cassini project. Authors from U.S. institutions were funded by NASA; authors from European institutions were funded by the European Space Agency.