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New insights on Titan's plasma-driven Schumann resonance inferred from Huygens and Cassini data

Sotin, C.; Kurth, W. S.; Berthelier, J. J. +8 more

After a preliminary analysis of the low-frequency data collected with the electric antenna of the Permittivity, Wave and Altimetry (PWA) experiment onboard the Huygens Probe that landed on Titan on 14 January, 2005, it was anticipated in a previous article [Béghin et al., 2007. A Schumann-like resonance on Titan driven by Saturn's magnetosphere po…

Huygens HASI servo accelerometer: A review and lessons learned

Leese, M. R.; Hathi, B.; Zarnecki, J. C. +6 more

The servo accelerometer constituted a vital part of the Huygens Atmospheric Structure Instrument (HASI): flown aboard the Huygens probe, it operated successfully during the probe's entry, descent, and landing on Titan, on 14th January 2005. This paper reviews the Servo accelerometer, starting from its development/assembly in the mid-1990s, to moni…

The unusual phase curve of Titan's surface observed by Huygens’ Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer

Keller, H. U.; Schröder, S. E.

The Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer onboard Huygens observed Titan's surface through the atmospheric methane windows [Tomasko, M.G., Doose, L., Engel, S., Dafoe, L.E., West, R., Lemmon, M., Karkoschka, E., See, C., 2008. A model of Titan's aerosols based on measurements made inside the atmosphere. Planet. Space Sci. 56, 669-707]. Infrared spect…