Titan - from Discovery to Encounter
held 13-17 April 2004
ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands
Presentations
| 13 April 2004 - Opening session | |||
| Welcome by ESA Director General, Jean-Jacques Dordain | |||
| Opening speech by Mrs Maria van der Hoeven, Dutch Minister for Education and Science | |||
| Christiaan Huygens and the scientific revolution | H.F. Cohen |
46 kb | |
| The Voyager Odyssey | A. Brahic |
13.3 Mb | |
| Cassini-Huygens in the European context | R.M. Bonnet |
6.2 Mb | |
| 14 April 2004 - Christiaan Huygens, the person, the scientist and interactions | |||
| Huygens and Saturn | A. van Helden |
7.7 Mb | |
| The Huygens manuscripts | J. Yoder | ||
| Cassini and Saturn | A. Cassini |
3.3 Mb | |
| Huygens and Mechanics | F.Chareix |
3.8 Mb | |
| Huygens and Mathematics | H. Bos |
2.7 Mb | |
| Huygens and the advancement of time measurements | C.A. Grimbergen |
3.0 Mb | |
| Huygens, l'Académie des Sciences et l'Observatoire de Paris | S. Débarbat | ||
| Christiaan Huygens as telescope maker and user | A. Dollfus | ||
| Testing the lenses of Campani, lens-maker for Cassini | G. Molesini |
2.4 Mb | |
| The optics of Huygens | F.J. Dijksterhuis |
4.8 Mb | |
| Kosmotheoros: Huygens' view of the Universe | R.H. Vermij | ||
| The views of Christiaan Huygens on astrology | R. van Gent |
1.0 Mb | |
| "Titan kan niet slapen?" (Huygens biography) | C.D. Andriesse |
27 kb | |
| A portrait of Christian Huygens | K. Verduin |
2.65 Mb | |
| 15 April 2004 - Recent results of Saturn/Titan observations, ground- and space-based theoretical studies | |||
| Cassini-Huygens, the next steps towards the outer planets | D. Southwood |
14.0 Mb | |
| Review of recent Saturn observations | T. Encrenaz | ||
| Satellite & rings heritage and follow-up to Huygens | C. Ferrari |
2.4 Mb | |
| Titan's atmosphere and surface from imaging and spectroscopy in the past decade | A. Coustenis |
7.8 Mb | |
| Origin and evolution of Titan's atmosphere: testing the models | T. Owen | ||
| Aerosols in Titan's atmosphere | P. Rannou | ||
| Photochemistry of Titan's atmosphere | D. Strobel | ||
| Titan's biochemistry | F. Raulin |
1.0 Mb | |
| Evidence for liquid surfaces on Titan from radar observations | D.B. Campbell | ||
| Three micron spectroscopy of hydrocarbons and HCN | T.R. Geballe |
1.6 Mb | |
| Flight Through Titan's Atmosphere | I. de Pater |
1.2 Mb | |
| 16 April 2004 - The Cassini-Huygens mission: from past to future | |||
| The genesis of the Cassini-Huygens mission | D. Gautier, W. Ip, T. Owen | ||
| The Cassini-Huygens mission | D. Matson | ||
| Early Cassini ISS observations of Titan | R. West | ||
| Cassini CIRS arrives at the Saturn System | M.F. Flasar | ||
| Cassini VIMS | R. Brown |
1.2 Mb | |
| Cassini UVIS observations of Titan and the Saturn System | L. Esposito |
1.2 Mb | |
| Cassini Magnetometer approach observations and preparation for Saturn orbit insertion | M. Dougherty | ||
| MIMI: Investigations of the interaction of Titan's exosphere with Saturn's magnetosphere and first observations of Titan | I. Dandouras |
2.8 Mb | |
| Saturn approach: Cassini radio and plasma wave science | W. Kurth |
3.8 Mb | |
| Titan's interaction with Saturn's magnetosphere | D. Young |
2.7 Mb | |
| Titan's surface: insights from and prospects for radar investigations | R. Lorenz | ||
| Cassini Radio Science at Titan | A. Kliore |
1.3 Mb | |
| INMS | G.H. Waite | ||
| The Huygens probe | J.P. Lebreton | ||
| The Descent Imager/Spectral radiometer on the Huygens entry Probe of Titan | M.G. Tomasko |
7.8 Mb | |
| The Gas Chromatograph Mass spectrometer for the Huygens Probe | H. Niemann | ||
| The Aerosol Collector Pyrolyser Experiment (ACP) for Huygens | G. Israel |
2.9 Mb | |
| The Huygens Doppler Wind Experiment: Measuring Titan Atmospheric Dynamics | M. Bird |
1.4 Mb | |
| The Huygens surface science package | J.C. Zarnecki |
8.0 Mb | |
| Precise tracking of the Huygens probe in the atmosphere of Titan | L. Gurvits | ||
| Titan, what next? | R. Lorenz |
740 kb | |
| 17 April 2004 - Public day | |||
| Huygens and his times | A. van Helden | ||
| Huygens and his telescopes | P. Louwman | ||
| Robotic exploration of the outer planets, a historical perspective | T. Johnson | ||
| Titan halos | G. Konnen |
2.0 Mb | |
| Huygens and the search for life in the Universe | T. Owen | ||
| The Cassini/Huygens education and outreach programme | JPL, ESA | ||
| Public involvement in Planetary Exploration | E. Lakdawalla |
4.0 Mb | |
| Contributions by amateur observers | |||
| Outside Lecture at Leiden Observatory (In Dutch) | I. de Pater |
5.7 Mb | |
Poster Presentations
| 1 | Exobiology of Titan | M.B. Simakov | 1.3 Mb | |
| 2 | Sensitivity of optical searches for liquid hydrocarbons on Titan's surface | R. West | 79 kb | |
| 3 | Modelling the vertical distribution of temperature and chemical composition in Titan's atmosphere | P. Lavvas | ||
| 4 | Simulation of the plasma environment of Titan in the magnetosheath flow of Saturn | G. Chanteur |
2.2 Mb | |
| 5 | What could be the chemical composition of Titan's aerosol | A. Bar-Nun | ||
| 6 | Ion mobility in Titan's atmosphere | K. Aplin | ||
| 7 | Titan's surface at 3 micron | A. Negrao | ||
| 8 | Titan studied with an Integral Field Spectrograph at the CFHT; the near infrared instrument OASIS | M. Hirtzig | 7.8 Mb | |
| 9 | About variations of Titan's endogenous activity induced by Saturn and satellites gravitational attraction in the period of Cassini/Huygens mission | Y. Barkin | ||
| 10 | The evolution of cloud features on Titan | M. Brown | ||
| 11 | Continuous monitoring of clouds on Titan | E. Schaller | ||
| 12 | Titan interaction with Saturn's Magnetosphere: Mass loading and Ionopause Location | E. Sittler | 162 kb | |
| 13a | Titan atmosphere electricity investigation with the PWA-HASI instrument on the Huygens probe. | S. Abaajan | 172 kb | |
| 13b | Trial balloon flights in the terrestrial atmosphere | S. Abaajan | 97 kb | |
| 14 | P. Rannou | |||
| 15 | Observations of Titan and outer planets with amateur equipment | R. Lorenz | ||
| 16 | The Huygens Atmospheric Structure Instrument (HASI) onboard the Huygens probe | M. Fulchignoni | 1.5 Mb | |
| 17 | The Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer on the Huygens entry Probe of Titan | M.G. Tomasko | ||
| 18 | The Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer for the Huygens Probe | H. Niemann | ||
| 19 | The Aerosol Collector Pyrolyser Experiment (ACP) for Huygens | G. Israel | ||
| 20 | The Huygens Doppler Wind Experiment: Measuring Titan Atmospheric Dynamics | M. Bird | ||
| 21 | The Huygens surface science package | J.C. Zarnecki |
Last Update: 1 September 2019