Violent Methane Storms on Titan May Solve Dune Direction Mystery
Monday, April 13, 2015 - 16:30
in Astronomy & Space
Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is among the most Earthlike places in the solar system. As the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft examines Titan, its discoveries bring new mysteries. One of these is that the seemingly wind-created sand dunes spotted near the moon's equator point one direction, but the near-surface winds point another direction. University of Washington astronomer Benjamin Charnay and co-authors may have solved this mystery.