Re: Cassini-Huygens Mission Status Report - October 26, 2004

From: Josh (josh3010_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/28/04 

Date: 27 Oct 2004 21:18:37 -0700

Kevin <ktn3654@linux3.ph.utexas.edu> wrote in message news:<cloopg$brt$1@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>...
> Just looking at some of these pictures, my immediate reaction is
> that some of them certainly look like shorelines. I mean, you see
> a dark region that has a quite sharp boundary with a much lighter
> region. It was originally thought that there might be open bodies of
> liquid methane on the surface; then after the first (distant) flyby
> it was decided that no, they didn't exist. Based on the latest
> observations, might there be liquid methane there after all?
>
I find it amazing that there are so few obvious impact craters. This
implies that Titans surface is young. Its certainly what you'd expect
if large regions are covered by liquid/slush.