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Cassini's radar detected dark, nearly parallel dune belts running across Titan's equatorial regions, with individual ridges commonly one to two kilometers wide and up to 100 meters high.
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Titan's equatorial regions
Who
Cassini
What
Cassini's radar detected dark, nearly parallel dune belts running across Titan's equatorial regions, with individual ridges commonly one to two kilometers wide and up to 100 meters high.
When
Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:30:52 GMT · 18h 32m ago
Where
Titan's equatorial regions ·
Why
Winds have built dunes around 100 meters high and hundreds of kilometers long, composed of water ice coated in hydrocarbons that fell from the moon's atmosphere.
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This discovery reveals the geological processes shaping Titan's surface, indicating significant wind activity and the presence of unique dune structures formed from water ice and atmospheric hydrocarbons.
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