Session 53. Titan III

Oral, Chairs: R. Lopes, J. W. Barnes, Thursday, September 8, 2005, 4:20-6:00pm, Music Concert Hall

53.01I The Surface of Titan in the midst of the Cassini mission

J. Lunine (LPL Tucson and INAF-IFSI Rome)

53.02 Composition of Titan's Surface from Cassini VIMS

T. B. McCord (Space Science Institute, NW), G. B. Hansen (U. of Wash.), E. D'Aversa (IFSI, CNR), K. H. Baines (JPL), R. H. Brown (Dept. Pl Sci, U. of Az), B. J. Buratti (JPL), R. N. Clark (USGS, Denver), D. P. Cruikshank (NASA Ames Res. Center), G. Filacchione, V. Formisano (IFSI, CNR), C. A. Griffith (Dept. Pl Sci, U. of Az), C. A. Hibbitts (J. Hop. U., APL), R. Jaumann (DLR, Inst. for Pl. Exp.), J. I. Lunine (Dept. Pl. Sci, U. of Az), R. M. Nelson (JPL), L. A. Soderblom (USGS, Flagstaff), C. Sotin (U. of Nantes), Cassini VIMS Team

53.03 Flows on the Surface of Titan as Revealed by the Cassini RADAR

R.M.C. Lopes, C. Elachi, F. Paganelli, K. Mitchell (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology), E. Stofan (Proxemy Research), C. Wood (Wheeling Jesuit University), R. Kirk (USGS), R. Lorenz, J. Lunine (University of Arizona), S. Wall (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology), Cassini RADAR Team

53.04 Mapping and Monitoring the Surface of Titan

A McEwen, E Turtle, J Perry, D Dawson, S Fussner (LPL, UofA), G Collins (Wheaton College), C Porco (SSI), T Johnson (JPL), L Soderblom (USGS)

53.05 Titan's Surface Properties from the Cassini RADAR Radiometer

M. A. Janssen, F. Paganelli, R. M. Lopes (JPL), R. D. Lorenz (LPL), R. L. Kirk (USGS), Cassini RADAR Team

53.06 The surface of Titan: Preliminary Cassini VIMS results on roughness, albedo, and particle characteristics

B. J. Buratti (JPL/CalTech), C. Sotin (Universite de Nantes), T. B. McCord (PSI), R. H. Brown (Univ. Arizona), R. N. Clark (USGS), D. P. Cruikshank (NASA/AMES), R. Jaumann (DLR), K. Baines (JPL/CalTech), G. Bellucci (CNR), J. P. Bibring (Universite Paris-Sud), F. Capaccioni, P. Cerroni (CNR), M. Combes (Observatoire de Paris), A. Coradini (CNR), P. Drossart (Observatoire de Paris), V. Formisano (CNR), Y. Langevin (Universite Paris-Sud), D. L. Matson (JPL/CalTech), V. Mennella (CNR), R. M. Nelson (JPL/CalTech), P. D. Nicholson (Cornell University), B. Sicardy (Observatoire de Paris), J. A. Mosher (JPL/CalTech)

53.07 Titan's Methane Monsoon : Evidence of Catastrophic Hydrology from Cassini RADAR

R. D. Lorenz (LPL, U. Arizona), Cassini RADAR Team

53.08 Episodic outgassing as the origin of atmospheric methane on Titan

G. Tobie (U. Nantes, France), J. I. Lunine (U. Arizona), C. Sotin (U. Nantes, France)

53.09 Possible Niches for Extant Life on Titan in Light of Cassini/Huygens Results

D.H. Grinspoon, M.A. Bullock, J.R. Spencer (SwRI), D. Schulze-Makuch (WSU)