• DocumentCode
    2266050
  • Title

    What Titan is really like: in-situ measurements of the Titan environment by the Huygens probe

  • Author

    Lorenz, Ralph D.

  • Author_Institution
    Lunar & Planetary Lab., Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ
  • fYear
    0
  • fDate
    0-0 0
  • Abstract
    The dramatic findings of the Cassini mission, and especially the Huygens probe, at Titan confirm it to be a planetary target of great interest in many scientific fields. This paper reviews in particular the meteorological and geological results of Huygens as they pertain to future missions
  • Keywords
    Saturn; planetary satellites; space research; Cassini mission; Huygens probe; Titan environment; Atmosphere; Clouds; Extraterrestrial measurements; Geologic measurements; Ice; Moon; Nitrogen; Optical surface waves; Probes; Solar system;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Aerospace Conference, 2006 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Big Sky, MT
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9545-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/AERO.2006.1655736
  • Filename
    1655736