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We acknowledge those who designed, developed, and operate the Cassini/Huygens mission. Cassini is a joint endeavour of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and is managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with NASA. Author Contributions C.E. is the RADAR Team Leader. All authors contributed equally to this work.

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1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 91109, USA
   C. Elachi, S. Wall, M. Janssen, R. Lopes, F. Paganelli, Y. Anderson, S. Ostro, R. Boehmer, P. Callahan, Y. Gim, G. Hamilton, S. Hensley, W. Johnson, K. Kelleher, L. Roth, S. Shaffer, B. Stiles & R. West
2. Proxemy Research, Bowie, Maryland, 20715, USA
   E. Stofan
3. US Geological Survey, Flagstaff, Arizona, 86001, USA
   R. Kirk & L. Soderblom
4. Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 85721, USA
   R. Lorenz & J. Lunine
5. IFSI-INAF, Rome, Via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133, Italy
   J. Lunine
6. Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, Arizona, 85719, USA
   C. Wood
7. Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305, USA
   L. Wye & H. Zebker
8. Goddard Institute for Space Studies, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, New York, New York, 10025, USA
   M. Allison
9. Observatoire de Paris, France, 92195, Meudon
   P. Encrenaz
10. Alenia Aerospazio, Rome, 00131, Italy
    E. Flamini
11. Facoltá di Ingegneria, Naples, 80125, Italy
    G. Francescetti & S. Vetrella
12. Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 91125, USA
    D. Muhleman
13. Universitá La Sapienza, Rome, 00184, Italy
    G. Picardi & R. Seu
14. INFM and Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica, Politecnico di Bari, Bari, 70126, Italy
    F. Posa

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Supplementary Image

This file contains the Cassini Radar SAR T3 swath, acquired during the February 15, 2005 Cassini flyby. Each pixel represents 600 x 600 m of the surface. The image is centered at 21 degrees N Latitude by 69 degrees W Longitude. Pixel brightness is not directly convertible to surface radar cross section due to JPEG compression. The map projection is an oblique cylindrical projection with the equator of the projection along Cassini's ground track and the prime meridian passing through the point of closest approach. The long dimension of the image is roughly East-West with both ends of the swath bowing down toward Titan's equator. (JPG 4259 kb)

Because of the nature of this projection and the quantization of the data, we do not recommend use of these data for quantitative analysis, whether in terms of brightness, distance or pixel location. For such uses please use the full-resolution data from the NASA Planetary Data System at http://starbrite.jpl.nasa.gov/pds/index.jsp.

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Elachi, C., Wall, S., Janssen, M. et al. Titan Radar Mapper observations from Cassini's T3 fly-by.Nature 441, 709–713 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature04786

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• Received: 07 October 2005
• Accepted: 04 April 2006
• Issue Date: 08 June 2006
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature04786