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Major steps in the disk detection process on two cubes: (far left) an unaltered cube; (center left) edge pixels identified using Canny edge detection – some pixels along terrain boundaries are falsely identified as edge pixels; (center right) the accumulator array after applying a circle Hough transform; (far right) the final array, containing only data from the disk of Titan. Data were taken at 2 µm. -- astro-ph.EP

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Extreme Forward Scattering Observed in Disk-Averaged Near-Infrared Phase Curves of Titan

by Keith CowingJuly 3, 2025July 4, 2025

Titan, with its thick and hazy atmosphere, is a key world in our solar system for understanding light scattering processes.