Event FinderPhysics/Astronomy Colloquium: Sarah Hörst
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- In person
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- Lewis Hall, 101, University, MS, United States
About This Event
Speaker: Sarah Hörst, John Hopkins University Title: The Dragonfly Mission to Titan Abstract: Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is unique in our solar system. Below Titan's thick organic haze layer, rivers of methane carve channels into an icy bedrock and flow into large hydrocarbons seas. Across the landscape, water ice mountains and extensive organic sand dune fields are simultaneously alien and reminiscent of Earth. Titan’s lake mottled surface and thick, organic rich atmosphere may be an ideal setting for life as we do not know it and there is certainly much yet to be learned about our own home from the study of Titan. NASA’s Dragonfly mission will explore the surface of Titan using a dual quadcopter and reveal the answers to many questions we have about Titan. Refreshments at 3:45pm in Lewis 104