Titan: Earth-like on the Outside, Ocean World on the Inside

Shannon Mackenzie , Sam Birch , Sarah Hörst , Christophe Sotin , Erika Barth , Juan Lora , Melissa G. Trainer , Paul Corlies , Michael J. Malaska , Ella Sciamma-O'Brien , Alexander E. Thelen , Elizabeth Turtle , Jani Radebaugh , Jennifer Hanley , Anezina Solomonidou , Claire Newmann , Leonardo Regoli , Sebastien Rodriguez (1) , Benoit Seignovert , Alex Hayes , Baptiste Journaux , Jordan Steckloff , Delphine Nna-Mvondo , Thomas Cornet , Maureen Palmer , Rosaly Lopes , Sandrine Vinatier (2) , Ralph Lorenz , Conor Nixon , Ellen Czaplinski , Jason W. Barnes , Ed Sittler , Andrew Coates

1 IPGP (UMR_7154) - Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
2 LESIA - Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique = Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics

As the organic-rich endmember of the Ocean World spectrum and host of the most Earth-like atmosphere-surface interactions, the exploration of Titan is essential to a successful Ocean Worlds program and the study of terrestrial bodies, atmospheres, and exoplanets. Dragonfly will revolutionize our understanding but global questions will remain.

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]

Shannon Mackenzie, Sam Birch, Sarah Hörst, Christophe Sotin, Erika Barth, et al.. Titan: Earth-like on the Outside, Ocean World on the Inside. Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032 white paper e-id. 124; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 0000, à renseigner, Unknown Region. ⟨10.3847/25c2cfeb.043eea88⟩. ⟨insu-03590062⟩