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The Cassini–Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and ASI, the Italian space agency. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, Washington, DC. The Cassini orbiter was designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The radar instrument was built by JPL and the Italian Space Agency, working with team members from the US and several European countries. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

‘Geomorphological Significance of Ontario Lacus on Titan: Integrated interpretation of Cassini VIMS, ISS and RADAR data and comparison with the Etosha Pan (Namibia),’ by T. Cornet, O. Bourgeois, S. Le Mouélic, S. Rodriguez, C. Sotin, T. Lopez Gonzalez, G. Tobie, C. Fleurant, J.W. Barnes, R.H. Brown, K.H. Baines, B.J. Buratti, R.N. Clark and P.D. Nicholson, Icarus 218(2), 788–806, April 2012, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2012.01.013.

For further information, please contact:

Markus Bauer
ESA Science and Robotic Exploration Communication Officer
Tel: +31 71 565 6799
Mob: +31 61 594 3 954
Email: markus.bauer@esa.int

Thomas Cornet
Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique de Nantes – CNRS/Universit́é de Nantes
Tel: +33 2 51 12 55 84
Email: Thomas.Cornet@univ-nantes.fr

Nicolas Altobelli
ESA Cassini–Huygens Project Scientist
Tel: +34 91 813 1201
Email: nicolas.altobelli@sciops.esa.int

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