Release of volatiles from a possible cryovolcano from near-infrared imaging of Titan

C. Sotin (), R. Jaumann, B. J. Buratti, R. H. Brown, R. N. Clark, L. A. Soderblom, K. H. Baines, G. Bellucci, J.-P. Bibring, F. Capaccioni, P. Cerroni, M. Combes, A. Coradini, D. P. Cruikshank, P. Drossart, V. Formisano, Y. Langevin, D. L. Matson, T. B. McCord, R. M. Nelson, P. D. Nicholson, B. Sicardy, S. LeMouelic, S. Rodriguez, K. Stephan and C. K. Scholz
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C. Sotin: Université de Nantes
R. Jaumann: Institute of Planetary Exploration, DLR
B. J. Buratti: California Institute of Technology
R. H. Brown: University of Arizona
R. N. Clark: US Geological Survey
L. A. Soderblom: US Geological Survey
K. H. Baines: California Institute of Technology
G. Bellucci: Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario, CNR
J.-P. Bibring: Université de Paris-Sud
F. Capaccioni: Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, CNR
P. Cerroni: Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, CNR
M. Combes: Observatoire de Paris
A. Coradini: Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario, CNR
D. P. Cruikshank: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field
P. Drossart: Observatoire de Paris
V. Formisano: Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario, CNR
Y. Langevin: Université de Paris-Sud
D. L. Matson: California Institute of Technology
T. B. McCord: University of Washington
R. M. Nelson: California Institute of Technology
P. D. Nicholson: Cornell University, Astronomy Department
B. Sicardy: Observatoire de Paris
S. LeMouelic: Université de Nantes
S. Rodriguez: Université de Nantes
K. Stephan: Institute of Planetary Exploration, DLR
C. K. Scholz: Institute of Planetary Exploration, DLR

Nature, 2005, vol. 435, issue 7043, 786-789

Abstract: Cassini's Titan flyby The surface of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is coated in a dense methane-rich atmosphere that prevents high-resolution imaging at visible wavelengths. During its first Titan flyby last October, the Cassini spacecraft's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer (VIMS) was able to reveal detailed surface structures, as reported in this issue. Notable features include a circular structure 30 km in diameter, thought to be a cryogenic dome. This may be volcanic, which could explain how the methane in Titan's atmosphere is replenished.

Date: 2005
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