Grains on Titan would cling to a spacecraft ‘like packing peanuts’

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Particles that cover the surface of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, are electrically charged and can get clingy -- much like packing peanuts cling to things on Earth....“If you grabbed piles of grains and built a sand castle on Titan, it would perhaps stay together for weeks due to their electrostatic properties,” says Josef Dufek, a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, who co-led a study on the sands of Titan. Dufek is in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. EAS doctoral student Josef Mendez Harper is the study's lead author; EAS graduate student George McDonald is a co-author. 

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College of Sciences

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Aerospace
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College of Sciences, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Josef Dufek, Josh Mendez Harper, George McDonald, Titan, sands, electricity
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  • Created By: Renay San Miguel
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Mar 30, 2017 - 3:09pm
  • Last Updated: Mar 30, 2017 - 3:10pm