[Baps] Doug Hamilton @ MIT this Wednesday

[Jason Soderblom]

All,

Doug Hamilton, University of Maryland, will be giving a talk at MIT’s EAPS department this Wednesday October 14th, entitled "The Origin of Titan and Hyperion”

Details below.

Best regards,
Jason



When:  Wednesday October 14th, 12:30 PM

Where:  MIT Building 54 (EAPS) – room 517

Title:  The Origin of Titan and Hyperion

Abstract: Titan is arguably the Solar System's most unusual satellite. It is fifty times more massive than Saturn's other moons and is the only satellite with a substantial atmosphere. Titan shares a unique resonance with nearby Hyperion, but otherwise sits in a particularly large gap between Rhea and Iapetus. Titan has the largest eccentricity of all Saturn's regular satellites and has a reasonably large orbital tilt; its distant neighbor Iapetus has an even more impressive eight degree free inclination. Hyperion itself is a mystery, with its unusual orbit, extremely low density and its unique surface covered with bizarre craters. None of these peculiarities are even partially understood. Until now!