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They did indeed detect what they believe to be waves from the sun-glint, from what I recall.
by danielsju6 12y ago
They did indeed detect what they believe to be waves from the sun-glint, from what I recall.
- dalke 12y agohttp://www.space.com/25186-cassini-spies-titan-waves.html http://www.space.com/25186-cassini-spies-titan-waves.html - "New observations from NASA’s Saturn-orbiting Cassini spacecraft show what appear to be glints of sunlight bouncing off a wind-rippled lake on the moon Titan." but cautions there may be other explanations. http://news.sciencemag.org/space/2014/12/spacecraft-spots-probable-waves-titan-s-seas http://news.sciencemag.org/space/2014/12/spacecraft-spots-pr... - "Near the moon’s north pole, there is growing evidence for waves on three different seas, ... In a handful of flybys of Titan in the past 6 months, Cassini scientists have seen signs of waves on three different seas: Kraken Mare, Ligeia Mare, and Punga Mare. ... Scientists involved in the discoveries have been cautious, saying that the features could also be floating debris or bubbles. At Kraken Mare, however, Cassini researchers detected a wavelike feature with both the spacecraft’s radar and a mapping spectrometer. That double detection gives Alexander Hayes, a planetary scientist at Cornell, extra confidence."