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Cassini Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) Observations of Titan 2004-2017

Bézard, Bruno; Vinatier, Sandrine; Lellouch, Emmanuel +16 more

From 2004 to 2017, the Cassini spacecraft orbited Saturn, completing 127 close flybys of its largest moon, Titan. Cassini’s Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS), one of 12 instruments carried on board, profiled Titan in the thermal infrared (7-1000 µm) throughout the entire 13 yr mission. CIRS observed on both targeted encounters (flybys) …