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Exploration of Titan with the Huygens spacecraft
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Titan as seen in a small telescope
Titan larger than Earth’s Moon
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Titan as seen by Voyager
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Inferences about the surface of Titan
Conditions at surface Are close to “triple Point” of substances Such as Methane and Ethane (oceans of Gunk?)
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25 years later…another spacecraft on a mission
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The Cassini and Huygens spacecraft
The Huygens lander
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Concept of the Huygens lander…an artist’s conception
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Pictures of Titan from the approaching Cassini spacecraft
Image at infrared wavelengths
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A new view of Titan (from close up)
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The view from Huygens on the way down
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Closer to the surface
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Titan has flow channels, too
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On the surface
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Cassini radar shows lakes of methane
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The surface of Titan: an artist’s view
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