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Body Wave Analysis For Low-Angle Thrust Quakes On Titan: Implications For Dragonfly, John William Owens
Body Wave Analysis For Low-Angle Thrust Quakes On Titan: Implications For Dragonfly, John William Owens
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Little is known of the structure and seismic nature of planetary bodies that have an outer shell of ice instead of a rocky crust. These bodies are called icy satellites and one such body, Saturn’s moon Titan, is unique because of its thick atmosphere, methane cycle, and assumed salty subsurface ocean. NASA’s Dragonfly mission, set to launch in 2026, will use a robotic rotorcraft to transport various instruments, including a seismometer, to the Shangri-La dune field on Titan. Until then, Titan’s seismic regime can be estimated by simulating wave propagation through assumed subsurface layers using source models. Ridge belts with …