P34B:
Titan: Looking Backward, Looking Forward II


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Session ID#: 60714

Session Description:
During the Cassini-Huygens mission from 2004 to 2017, Titan was revealed like never before: from the discovery of surface lakes and seas, dune fields and rare impact craters; through the meteorology of the neutral atmosphere; to the chemical melting pot of the ionosphere, where the seeds of organic particles that cover Titan’s surface are born. Much of the Cassini-Huygens dataset has only been partially explored, and many more discoveries await therein. While the Cassini-Huygens dataset is complete, ground and space-based telescopes continue to point at Titan, and computer modeling and laboratory experimentation continue apace. Looking further ahead, new missions such as the proposed APL Dragonfly aerorover, promise that we will not be absent from Titan for long. In this session, scientific presentations are solicited to cover the whole spectrum of current Titan research, from interpretation of past mission data, experimental and observational work, and modeling for future missions.
Primary Convener:  Conor A Nixon, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Planetary Systems Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Conveners:  Matthew Hedman, Cornell University, Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, Ithaca, United States, Kathleen Mandt, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Space Exploration Sector, Laurel, United States and Christophe Sotin, Jet Propulsion Laboratory-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
Primary Liaison:  Conor A Nixon, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Planetary Systems Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Chairs:  Matthew Hedman, Cornell University, Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, Ithaca, United States and Christophe Sotin, Jet Propulsion Laboratory-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Conor A Nixon, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Planetary Systems Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Index Terms:

5210 Planetary atmospheres, clouds, and hazes [PLANETARY SCIENCES: ASTROBIOLOGY]
5215 Origin of life [PLANETARY SCIENCES: ASTROBIOLOGY]
5749 Origin and evolution [PLANETARY SCIENCES: FLUID PLANETS]
6281 Titan [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

The Persistence of Methane on Titan: A Post-Cassini Mystery Examined (438423)
Jonathan I Lunine, Cornell University, Department of Astronomy, Ithaca, NY, United States
The Influence of Positive Ions During Laboratory Simulations of Titan’s Haze Formation (360630)
Jennifer Berry1,2, Melissa Ugelow2,3, Margaret A Tolbert2,3 and Eleanor C Browne4,5, (1)Department of Chemistry and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Chemistry, Boulder, United States, (5)University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Chemistry and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, United States
Chemical Aging of Titan’s Tholins Exposed to Solar Radiation in Low Earth Orbit onboard the EXPOSE Facility (413189)
Cyril Szopa1, Nathalie Carrasco2, Patrice J Coll3, Francois Raulin4, Hervé Cottin5, Didier Chaput6, Katia Grira7 and Diana Khalaf7, (1)LATMOS Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales, Paris Cedex 05, France, (2)Université Versailles St-Quentin, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, CNRS, LATMOS Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales, Guyancourt, France, (3)LISA, Creteil Cedex, France, (4)LISA Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques, CRETEIL, France, (5)LISA Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques, Créteil, France, (6)CNES French National Center for Space Studies, Toulouse Cedex 09, France, (7)LISA Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques, Créteil Cedex, France
Remote Diagnostics of Methane Isotope Fractionation on Titan (413459)
Mate Adamkovics, Clemson University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson, United States, Paul Corlies, Cornell, Department of Astronomy, Ithaca, United States and Matthew Hedman, Cornell University, Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, Ithaca, United States
Evolution of the Polar Clouds and Global Mapping of the Surface Derived From the VIMS Archive of Titan (353751)
Stephane Le Mouelic1, Sebastien Rodriguez2, Christophe Sotin3, Benoit Seignovert4, Thomas Cornet5, Batiste Rousseau6, Jason Wayne Barnes7, Robert Hamilton Brown8, Bonnie J Buratti9, Kevin H Baines9, Roger Nelson Clark10, Philip D Nicholson11, Pascal Rannou12 and Jeremie Lasue13, (1)CNRS, Nantes Université, Université d'Angers, Le Mans Université, Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géosciences, Nantes, France, (2)AIM - CEA/CNRS/Uni. P7, Gif/Yvette, France, (3)Jet Propulsion Laboratory-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (4)LPGN Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique de Nantes, Nantes Cedex 03, France, (5)CEA, Gif sur Yvette, France, (6)Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (IAPS), Rome, Italy, (7)University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, United States, (8)Univ Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, (9)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (10)Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ, United States, (11)Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States, (12)GSMA - UUniversity of Reims Champagne-Ardennes, Reims, France, (13)Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP), Toulouse, France
Near-infrared characteristics of Titan’s north polar cap (459153)
Shannon MacKenzie, Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, United States, Elizabeth P Turtle, JHU Applied Physics Lab., Laurel, United States and Erich Karkoschka, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
From how far away can we hear waves on Titan? - Maria microseismicity on Titan (454734)
Simon C Staehler, ETH Zurich, Institute of Geophysics, Zurich, Switzerland, Mark P Panning, JPL/NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, United States, Ralph D Lorenz, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, Celine Hadziioannou, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, Steve Vance, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States and Sharon Kedar, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Cassini’s observation of Titan’s gravity field and interior structure (404857)
Daniele Durante1, Luciano Iess1, Paolo Racioppa2, Douglas Hemingway3 and David J Stevenson4, (1)Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, (2)Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rome, Italy, (3)Carnegie Institution for Science Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Washington, United States, (4)California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States

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