Dunes of the Dragonfly Landing Site Seen by the Cassini Radar

Léa E. Bonnefoy (1, 2) , Alexander G. Hayes (1) , Antoine Lucas (2) , Sébastien Rodriguez (2) , Valerio Poggiali (1) , Daniel E. Lalich (1) , Ralph D. Lorenz (3) , Alice Le Gall (4)

1 Department of Astronomy [Ithaca]
2 IPGP (UMR_7154) - Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
3 APL - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory [Laurel, MD]
4 PLANETO - LATMOS

Radar brightness of dunes changes with observation angles (incidence and azimuth) and surface composition and roughness. Examining these variations at the dunes of the Dragonfly landing site on Titan points to smooth, homogeneous, organic sand.

Domaines: Planète et Univers [physics]

Léa E. Bonnefoy, Alexander G. Hayes, Antoine Lucas, Sébastien Rodriguez, Valerio Poggiali, et al.. Dunes of the Dragonfly Landing Site Seen by the Cassini Radar. 7th International Planetary Dunes Workshop, May 2022, On line and Virtual, United States. pp.LPI Contribution No. 2682, id.3035. ⟨insu-03959755⟩