Cassini to Confirm if 'Caspian Sea' is Liquid-Filled
- From: baalke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 10 May 2007 08:25:03 -0700
Titan Flyby - May 12, 2007
Cassini to Confirm if 'Caspian Sea' is Liquid-Filled
For Cassini's next flyby of Titan on May 12, 2007, the radar
instrument
was originally pointing north of where it is now pointed. Due to the
discovery of probable large seas on Titan, Cassini's quick-thinking
team
repointed the radar instrument south, so it could fly over a large,
expansive dark area dubbed the "Caspian Sea." This flyby will confirm
whether it is liquid-filled. This area on Titan's north pole stretches
1,000 kilometers (620 miles) and is only slightly smaller than Earth's
Caspian Sea.
The presence of seas on Titan reinforces the idea that Titan's surface
must be re-supplying methane to its atmosphere.
Titan Flyby
May 12, 2007 (SCET)
Altitude
960 km (597 miles)
Speed
6.2 km/sec (13,870 mph)
Details
+ Mission Description PDF (1.1 MB)
<http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/products/pdfs/
20070512_titan_mission_description.pdf>
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