|
Collection:
|
|
NASA Cassini-Huygens Collection
Collection
NASA Cassini-Huygens Collection
Collection
|
|
Title:
|
|
Map of Titan - October 2007
Title
Map of Titan - October 2007
Title
|
|
Description:
|
|
This global digital map of Titan was created using images taken by the Cassini spacecraft imaging science subsystem.
description
This global digital map of Titan was created using images taken by the Cassini spacecraft imaging science subsystem.
Description
|
|
Full Description:
|
This global digital map of Titan was created using images taken by the Cassini spacecraft imaging science subsystem. The images were taken using a filter centered at 938 nanometers, allowing researchers to examine albedo (or inherent brightness) variations across the surface of Titan. Due to the scattering of light by Titan's dense atmosphere, no topographic shading is visible in these images. The map is an equidistant projection and has a scale of 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) per pixel. Actual resolution varies greatly across the map, with the best coverage (close to the map scale) near the center and edges of the map and the worst coverage on the trailing hemisphere (centered around 270 degrees west longitude). Imaging coverage in the northern polar region is only just beginning to improve, and will continue to do so over the next couple of years, as Titan approaches vernal equinox in August 2009 and the north pole comes out of shadow. Large, dark and presumably liquid-hydrocarbon-f illed seas are becoming visible at high latitudes (see also Exploring the Wetlands of Titan). The mean radius of Titan used for projection of this map is 2,575 kilometers (1,600 miles). Until a control network is created for Titan, the moon is assumed to be spherical. The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center is based at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo. For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit http://saturn.jpl.n…. The Cassini imaging team homepage is at http://ciclops.org. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Full_Description
This global digital map of Titan was created using images taken by the Cassini spacecraft imaging science subsystem. The images were taken using a filter centered at 938 nanometers, allowing researchers to examine albedo (or inherent brightness) variations across the surface of Titan. Due to the scattering of light by Titan's dense atmosphere, no topographic shading is visible in these images. The map is an equidistant projection and has a scale of 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) per pixel. Actual resolution varies greatly across the map, with the best coverage (close to the map scale) near the center and edges of the map and the worst coverage on the trailing hemisphere (centered around 270 degrees west longitude). Imaging coverage in the northern polar region is only just beginning to improve, and will continue to do so over the next couple of years, as Titan approaches vernal equinox in August 2009 and the north pole comes out of shadow. Large, dark and presumably liquid-hydrocarbon-f illed seas are becoming visible at high latitudes (see also Exploring the Wetlands of Titan). The mean radius of Titan used for projection of this map is 2,575 kilometers (1,600 miles). Until a control network is created for Titan, the moon is assumed to be spherical. The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center is based at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo. For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit http://saturn.jpl.n…. The Cassini imaging team homepage is at http://ciclops.org. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Full Description
|
|
Date:
|
|
October 15, 2007
Date
October 15, 2007
Date
|
|
Keywords:
|
|
Titan
|
|
Keywords:
|
|
map
|
|
facet_what:
|
|
Saturn
facet_what
Saturn
facet_what
|
|
facet_what:
|
|
Cassini
facet_what
Cassini
facet_what
|
|
facet_what:
|
|
Cassini-Huygens
facet_what
Cassini-Huygens
facet_what
|
|
facet_what:
|
|
Huygens Probe
facet_what
Huygens Probe
facet_what
|
|
facet_what:
|
|
Moon
facet_what
Moon
facet_what
|
|
facet_what:
|
|
Titan
facet_what
Titan
facet_what
|
|
facet_what:
|
|
Cassini Orbiter
facet_what
Cassini Orbiter
facet_what
|
|
facet_what:
|
|
Polar
facet_what
Polar
facet_what
|
|
facet_what:
|
|
Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS)
facet_what
Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS)
facet_what
|
|
facet_where:
|
|
Saturn
facet_where
Saturn
facet_where
|
|
facet_where:
|
|
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_where
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_where
|
|
facet_where:
|
|
California
facet_where
California
facet_where
|
|
facet_where:
|
|
Washington
facet_where
Washington
facet_where
|
|
facet_where:
|
|
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
|
|
facet_where:
|
|
Washington, D.C.
facet_where
Washington, D.C.
facet_where
|
|
facet_when:
|
|
August 2009
facet_when
August 2009
facet_when
|
|
facet_when:
|
|
October 15, 2007
facet_when
October 15, 2007
facet_when
|
|
facet_when:
|
|
October 2007
facet_when
October 2007
facet_when
|
|
facet_when_year:
|
|
2007
facet_when_year
2007
facet_when_year
|
|
facet_when_year:
|
|
2009
facet_when_year
2009
facet_when_year
|
|
UID:
|
|
SPD-SATRN-2801
|
|
original url:
|
original_url
original url
|
