[Baps] BU seminar - Thursday 11 April - Ellen Stofan (UCL/London) - Exploring Titan

[Paul Withers]

I'll be out of town during this seminar. Contact Zach Grein (who sent 
the email below) if you'd like to talk with Ellen during her visit.

http://www.bu.edu/csp/edoutreach/seminar/

Paul

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	[Csp_seminar] THURSDAY: Ellen Stofan (UCL/London) Space
Physics Seminar
Date: 	Fri, 5 Apr 2013 13:38:43 +0000
From: 	Grein, Zachary <zgrein at bu.edu>
To: 	announce at skynet.bu.edu <announce at skynet.bu.edu>,
csp_seminar at bu-ast.bu.edu <csp_seminar at bu-ast.bu.edu>, iar at skynet.bu.edu
<iar at skynet.bu.edu>

*Space physics seminar***

Ellen Stofan

UCL/London

*Exploring Saturn’s Earth-like moon***

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*725 Commonwealth Ave.*

*Thursday, April 11, 2013*

*Refreshments at 3:30pm in CAS 500*

*Talk begins at 4:00pm in CAS 502*

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Abstract:

Titan, the second largest moon in the solar system and Saturn’s largest
moon, has a relatively young surface that has been modified by both
internal and external processes. The NASA/ESA Cassini spacecraft, in
orbit around Saturn since 2004, has a radar instrument onboard that can
penetrate through Titan’s organic haze to return relatively
high-resolution images of its surface.  Cassini radar images have
confirmed the presence of bodies of liquid hydrocarbons on Titan’s
surface, as well as provided limited evidence of volcanism and tectonism.