Encyclopedia of the Solar System 2nd ed

480 Encyclopedia of the Solar System FIGURE 8 CassiniRADAR images (P.I. Elachi) of Titan’s surface in synthetic aperture mode ta ...

Titan 481 be caused by rainfall creating drainage channels, implying a liquid source somewhere or at some times on Titan’s sur- ...

482 Encyclopedia of the Solar System craters, dark plains with some brighter flows, mysterious linear black features possibly re ...

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484 Encyclopedia of the Solar System FIGURE 1 Digital photomosaic of Triton, centered on the Neptune-facing hemisphere at 15◦N, ...

Triton 485 theory. The modern view of Triton’s origin, and that of Pluto and other bodies in the deep outer solar system, is dis ...

486 Encyclopedia of the Solar System FIGURE 4 Seasonal excursion of the subsolar latitude on Triton. Dot shows the subsolar lati ...

Triton 487 fundamental questions and the revelation of novelty, antic- ipation was high. 4. Voyager 2Encounter Future history wi ...

488 Encyclopedia of the Solar System FIGURE 6 Triton approach sequence, overlaid with a latitude-longitude grid. Details on Trit ...

Triton 489 as ammonia and methanol, which are among the minor ices a body formed in solar orbit might have accreted. And if Trit ...

490 Encyclopedia of the Solar System is not expected to survive in giant planet satellite-forming nebulae. The detection of CO t ...

Triton 491 FIGURE 10 Young volcanic region on Triton. Towards the bottom and right, smooth undulating flows apparently emanate f ...

492 Encyclopedia of the Solar System Comets also contain a host of other exotic, presumably interstellar, ices, some of which ma ...

Triton 493 maculae shown in Fig. 11). The maculae betray almost no topographic expression, and so must vary in height across the ...

494 Encyclopedia of the Solar System Ridges on Triton bear more than a passing resemblance to those on Europa, and a similar mec ...

Triton 495 the interaction of atmosphere and surface. [SeeIO; MARS: Atmosphere: History and Surface Interaction.] As described i ...

496 Encyclopedia of the Solar System (a) (b) FIGURE 13 (a)Voyager 2image of the southern polar region of Triton in which geyser- ...

Triton 497 FIGURE 14 The geographic distribution and orientation of wind streaks, crescent streaks, and plumes on Triton as seen ...

498 Encyclopedia of the Solar System 7.2.1 PLUMES AS JETS The energy needed to drive the plumes is determined by how much gas is ...

Triton 499 on Mars. In this case the polar cap material and geyser gas is not N 2 , but CO 2. 7.3 Polar Cap and Climate We turn ...