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Cassini's radar found dark, nearly parallel dune belts running across Titan's equatorial regions, with individual ridges commonly one to two kilometres wide.
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Titan
Who
Cassini
What
Cassini's radar found dark, nearly parallel dune belts running across Titan's equatorial regions, with individual ridges commonly one to two kilometres wide.
When
Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:30:52 GMT · 21h 53m ago
Where
Titan ·
Why
Winds have built dunes around 100 metres high and hundreds of kilometres long, composed of water ice coated in hydrocarbons that fell out of the moon's atmosphere.
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This discovery reveals the geological processes shaping Titan's surface, indicating significant wind activity and unique material composition at its equator.
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2 events in this thread- Currently Reading21h 53m agoCassini's radar found dark, nearly parallel dune belts running across Titan's equatorial regions, with individual ridges commonly one to two kilometres wide.
- Health & Science21h 53m agoCassini'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.Open article