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Seasonal Change on Titan

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Titan displays seasonal changes in the distribution of gas and hazes in its atmosphere, in the character of its methane clouds, and in its temperatures and winds. While Cassini has observed some of these changes in detail, some are observable from Earth, and the period of most rapid change may be just about to begin in the years after equinox.

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RL acknowledges the support of a Cassini Data Analysis Program grant. MEB is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation Planetary Astronomy program.

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Lorenz, R.D., Brown, M.E., Flasar, F.M. (2009). Seasonal Change on Titan. In: Brown, R.H., Lebreton, JP., Waite, J.H. (eds) Titan from Cassini-Huygens. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9215-2_14

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