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Selk (crater)

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541: 27: 858: 182:"Geology of the Selk crater region on Titan from Cassini VIMS observations." J.M. Soderblom, R.H. Brown, L.A. Soderblom, J.W. Barnes, R. Jaumann, Stéphane Le Mouélic, Christophe Sotin, K. Stephan, K.H. Baines, B.J. Buratti, R.N. Clark, and 232:
Lorenz, Ralph D.; MacKenzie, Shannon M.; Neish, Catherine D.; Gall, Alice Le; Turtle, Elizabeth P.; Barnes, Jason W.; Trainer, Melissa G.; Werynski, Alyssa; Hedgepeth, Joshua; Karkoschka, Erich (2021).
780: 914: 138:, a moon of Saturn, located at 7°N 199°W. It is a geologically young impact crater that measures approximately 90 kilometres (56 mi) in diameter. 919: 326: 895: 208: 549: 64: 141:
There is evidence of the past presence of organic compounds and liquid water in the crater, which is set to be studied in the planned
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mission. The initial landing site will be in the dunes to the Southeast of Selk.
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This article about an extraterrestrial geological feature is a
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Titan
7°00′N 199°00′W / 7.0°N 199.0°W / 7.0; -199.0
Cassini
Serket
crater
Titan
Dragonfly
Serket
goddess
Egyptian mythology
IAU
P.D. Nicholson
doi
10.1016/j.icarus.2010.03.001
"NASA's Dragonfly Will Fly Around Titan Looking for Origins, Signs of Life"
NASA
"Selection and Characteristics of the Dragonfly Landing Site near Selk Crater, Titan"
Bibcode
2021PSJ.....2...24L
doi
10.3847/PSJ/abd08f
S2CID
233934724
"Selk"
v
t
e
Titan
Atmosphere

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