Mapping and interpretation of Sinlap crater on Titan using Cassini VIMS and RADAR data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Le Mouélic, Stéphane ^a,b   Paillou, Philippe ^c   Janssen, Michael A ^d   Barnes, Jason W ^e   Rodriguez, Sébastien ^f   Sotin, Christophe ^a,d   Brown, Robert H ^g   Baines, Kevin H ^d   Buratti, Bonnie J ^d   Clark, Roger N ^h   Crapeau, Marc ^c   Encrenaz, Pierre J ⁱ   Jaumann, Ralf ^j   Geudtner, Dirk ^j,l   Paganelli, Flora ^d   Soderblom, Laurence ^k   Tobie, Gabriel ^a,b   Wall, Steve ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^h DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^j GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^k U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^l CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; MAPPING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE MISSION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TITAN;

SPHERULES;

EID: 47049113163     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JE002965     Document Type: Article

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