Cassini observations of flow-like features in western Tui Regio, Titan
Sotin, Christophe; Barnes, Jason W.; Rodriguez, Sebastien; Baines, Kevin H.; Buratti, Bonnie J.; Nicholson, Phillip D.; Brown, Robert H.; Turtle, Elizabeth P.; Radebaugh, Jani; Clark, Roger; Perry, Jason; Le Mouelic, Stephane
United States, France
Abstract
A large (>3 × 104 km2), lobate, 5-μm-bright region seen by Cassini on Titan's leading equatorial region is best explained as a flow field. We discuss observations from the Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer and Imaging Science Subsystem of the feature and present a map of the field. We establish relative ages of flow features and discuss possible formation mechanisms and the implications of this finding for the evolution of Titan's surface.