TY - JOUR
T1 - Evidence for the exposure of water ice on Titan's surface
AU - Griffith, Caitlin A.
AU - Owen, Tobias
AU - Geballe, Thomas R.
AU - Rayner, John
AU - Rannou, Pascal
PY - 2003/4/25
Y1 - 2003/4/25
N2 - The smoggy stratosphere of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, veils its surface from view, except at narrow wavelengths centered at 0.83, 0.94, 1.07, 1.28, 1.58, 2.0, 2.9, and 5.0 micrometers. We derived a spectrum of Titan's surface within these "windows" and detected features characteristic of water ice. Therefore, despite the hundreds of meters of organic liquids and solids hypothesized to exist on Titan's surface, its icy bedrock lies extensively exposed.
AB - The smoggy stratosphere of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, veils its surface from view, except at narrow wavelengths centered at 0.83, 0.94, 1.07, 1.28, 1.58, 2.0, 2.9, and 5.0 micrometers. We derived a spectrum of Titan's surface within these "windows" and detected features characteristic of water ice. Therefore, despite the hundreds of meters of organic liquids and solids hypothesized to exist on Titan's surface, its icy bedrock lies extensively exposed.
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U2 - 10.1126/science.1081897
DO - 10.1126/science.1081897
M3 - Article
C2 - 12714742
AN - SCOPUS:0037466566
SN - 0036-8075
VL - 300
SP - 628
EP - 630
JO - Science
JF - Science
IS - 5619
ER -