Characterization of Titan?s Ontario Lacus region from Cassini/VIMS observations

• Published in: Icarus
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2012
• Subjects: Titan; Satellitesurfaces; Infrared observations; Image processing; Dark Lake; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2262/63288; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2010.07.023

Abstract Liquid hydrocarbons were long predicted on Titan?s surface before the RADAR instrument onboard Cassini detected lakes poleward of 70?N in July 2006. Before that the Cassini Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) observed a lake-like feature in the South Pole, named Ontario Lacus, in July 2004. Her...