List of Illustrations
and Tables
ILLUSTRATIONS
1.01 Voyager-era montage of the Saturnian system
2.01 Amateur Webcam image of Saturn and Titan
2.02 First HST image showing details on Titan’s surface
2.04 ESO adaptive optics images of Titan
2.05 Keck AO images showing clouds on Titan
2.07 Titan atmospheric structure
2.08 Schematic of Titan’s atmospheric circulation
2.09 Voyager image showing north–south asymmetry and polar hood
2.10 HST images of seasonal change on Titan
2.11 Voyager close-up of the detached haze and polar hood
2.12 Schematic of Titan’s methane cycle
2.13 HST image of Titan’s shadow on Saturn
2.14 Frames from adaptive optics movie of 2001 stellar occultation
2.15 Chandra Crab Nebula occultation
3.01 Artist’s impression of Huygens separating from Cassini
3.02 Artist’s impression of Huygens descent sequence
3.03 Huygens being prepared for launch
3.04 Huygens and instrument engineering
3.05 Annotated diagram of Cassini as flown
3.08 Interplanetary trajectory
3.12 Saturn and Titan from 285 million km
4.03 South polar cloud sequence
4.04 VIMS images of surface features
4.05 VIMS images of atmospheric glow
4.06 ISS global mosaic–landing site
4.07 VIMS mosaic–landing site close-up
4.09 TA radar image–Ganesa Macula
4.10 Probe delivery trajectory
4.12 Plot of Titan’s varying cloudiness
4.13 Tortola Facula at 0.94 and 2 microns
5.01 Project scientist meets the press
5.02 Green Bank Radio Telescope and real-time spectrum
5.03 Screenshot of the first SSP results
5.04 Boiler room–scientists at work
5.05 First contact! The impact record
5.08 AGC heartbeat that nailed the spin
5.12 Mass spectrum of atmosphere and surface
5.13 T8 radar image of landing site and comparison with probe mosaic
5.14 Titan as seen from the probe
6.01 Map of Titan with named features
6.04 Sinlap crater seen by RADAR and VIMS
6.09 Radar southern shoreline?
6.11 Dunes close-up–Zen rock garden
6.14 Juxtapositions 1–Titan and rings
6.15 Juxtapositions 2–Titan and rings
7.01 Land o’ lakes radar image
A.01 Number of papers in refereed journals with “Titan” in the title
A.02 Map showing the direction of sand transport
A.03 A high-phase angle 5-micron image of Titan acquired by VIMS
A.04 Titan orbiter from the TSSM study
A.05 Polar maps showing dark regions of liquid
TABLES
1.01 Titan compared with other large moons, the terrestrial planets, and Pluto