HR: 08:15h
AN: P41B-02    [Abstracts]
TI: First Cassini RADAR Observations of Titan
AU: * Elachi, C
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory , 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Lorenz, R D
EM: rlorenz@lpl.arizona.edu
AF: LPL, University of Arizona, 1629 E. University Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85721 United States
AU: Anderson, Y
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory , 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Boehmer, R
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory , 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Callahan, P
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory , 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Hamilton, G
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory , 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Janssen, M
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory , 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Johnson, B
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory , 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Kelleher, K
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory , 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Lopes, R
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory , 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Ostro, S
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory , 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Roth, L
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory , 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Wall, S
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory , 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: West, R
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory , 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Hensley, S
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory , 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Gim, Y
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory , 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Stiles, B
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory , 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Schaffer, S
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory , 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Shimada, J
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory , 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Allison, M
AF: NASA/GISS, 2880 Broadway, New York, NY 10025 United States
AU: Soderblom, L
AF: USGS, 2255 N Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001 United States
AU: Wood, C
AF: PSI, 1700 E. Ft Lowell ST, Tucson, AZ 85719 United States
AU: Posa, F
AF: Politechnico di Bari, Via Amandola 173, Bari, 70126 Italy
AU: Stofan, E
AF: Proxemy Research, 12202 Raritan Lane, Bowie, MD 20715 United States
AU: Zebker, H
AF: Stanford University, 260 Micchell, Stanford, CA 94305 United States
AU: Lunine, J
AF: LPL, University of Arizona, 1629 E. University Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85721 United States
AU: Francescetti, G
AF: University of, Naples, Naples, 80125 Italy
AU: Picardi, G
AF: University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Via Edossiana 18, Rome, 00184 Italy
AU: Seu, R
AF: University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Via Edossiana 18, Rome, 00184 Italy
AU: Muhleman, D
AF: Caltech, GPS, Pasadena, CA 91125 United States
AU: Encrenaz, P
AF: DEMIRM/Obs de Paris, 61, Ave de l'Observatoire, Paris, 75014 France
AU: Kirk, R
AF: NASA/GISS, 2880 Broadway, New York, NY 10025 United States
AB: The Cassini TA flyby with Titan on 26 October 2004 has a closest approach altitude of 1200km, and features several RADAR observations. Shortly before closest approach, the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) mapping mode of the instrument will be used to image a small region (~0.5%) of the surface at around 40o N latitude with a planned resolution of between 0.4 and 2km. Additional observations outbound from Titan include a short altimetry swath, additional scatterometry, and a low-resolution full-disk passive radiometry map. We will present the available results from the initial analysis of the active measurements of this first Titan encounter.
DE: 5445 Meteorology (3346)
DE: 5464 Remote sensing
DE: 5470 Surface materials and properties
DE: 6280 Saturnian satellites
SC: Planetary Sciences [P]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting