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    Overview of the coordinated ground-based observations of Titan during the Huygens mission

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    Authors
    Witasse, Olivier
    Lebreton, J.-P.
    Bird, Michael
    Dutta-Roy, R.
    Folkner, W.
    Preston, Robert
    Asmar, S.
    Gurvits, L.
    Pogrebenko, S.
    Avruch, I.
    Campbell, R.
    Bignall, Hayley
    Garrett, M.
    van Langevelde, H.
    Parsley, S.
    Reynolds, C.
    Szomoru, A.
    Reynolds, J.
    Phillips, C.
    Sault, R.
    Tzioumis, A.
    Ghigo, F.
    Langston, G.
    Brisken, Walter
    Romney, J.
    Mujunen, Ari
    Ritakari, Jouko
    Tingay, Steven
    Dodson, R.
    van't Klooster, C.
    Blancquaert, T.
    Coustenis, A.
    Gendron, E.
    Sicardy, B.
    Hirtzig, M.
    Luz, David
    Negrao, Alberto
    Kostiuk, T.
    Livengood, Timothy
    Hartung, Markus
    de Pater, Imke
    Adamkovics, M.
    Lorenz, Ralph
    Roe, Henry
    Schaller, Emily
    Brown, Michael
    Bouchez, Antonin
    Trujillo, Chad
    Buratti, Bonnie
    Caillault, Lise
    Magin, T.
    Bourdon, A.
    Laux, C.
    Date
    2006
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Witasse, Olivier and Lebreton, J-P and Bird, Michael and Dutta-Roy, R and Folkner, W and Preston, Robert and Asmar, S et al. 2006. Overview of the coordinated ground-based observations of Titan during the Huygens mission. Journal of Geophysical Research. 111 (E7): E07801.
    Source Title
    Journal of Geophysical Research
    DOI
    10.1029/2005JE002640
    ISSN
    01480227
    Faculty
    Faculty of Science and Engineering
    Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy
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    ©2010 American Geophysical Union

    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22905
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Coordinated ground-based observations of Titan were performed around or during the Huygens atmospheric probe mission at Titan on 14 January 2005, connecting the momentary in situ observations by the probe with the synoptic coverage provided by continuing ground-based programs. These observations consisted of three different categories: (1) radio telescope tracking of the Huygens signal at 2040 MHz, (2) observations of the atmosphere and surface of Titan, and (3) attempts to observe radiation emitted during the Huygens Probe entry into Titan's atmosphere. The Probe radio signal was successfully acquired by a network of terrestrial telescopes, recovering a vertical profile of wind speed in Titan's atmosphere from 140 km altitude down to the surface. Ground-based observations brought new information on atmosphere and surface properties of the largest Satumian moon. No positive detection of phenomena associated with the Probe entry was reported. This paper reviews all these measurements and highlights the achieved results. The ground-based observations, both radio and optical, are of fundamental imnortance for the interpretatinn of results from the Huygens mission.

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