Institut national de recherche scientifique français Univerité Pierre et Marie Curie Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7

The Dragonfly landing site seen by the Cassini RADAR

lundi 26 septembre 2022, par LĂ©a Bonnefoy (Cornell University)

Lundi 3 octobre 2022 à 16h00 , Lieu : Salle de confĂ©rence du bâtiment 17

The Selk crater region is the future landing site of NASA’s Dragonfly mission to Titan. The region was imaged by the Cassini RADAR at incidence angles from 5° to 72° and at various polarization angles. Using this data set, we assembled backscatter curves for six terrains. By fitting different models to these data we derived new composition and roughness constraints for each terrain. Topography from radarclinometry also revealed a non-uniform crater rim, less eroded than previously thought.