From: fairwater@gmail.com   
      
   henry@spsystems.net (Henry Spencer) wrote:   
      
   >One point I'd forgotten since I   
   >originally read it is that remote-sensing orbiters work poorly for Titan,   
   >because the low temperatures and low gravity produce a *very* extended   
   >atmosphere which makes orbits below ~1200km -- half a Titan radius! --   
   >unstable(*).  This makes gravity and magnetic measurements from orbit   
   >almost useless -- all the short-wavelength components are gone at that   
   >altitude -- and radar instruments would be difficult to build and would   
   >perform poorly.   
      
   No, it makes a case for special purpose flight to carry the low   
   altitude sensors.   
      
   D.   
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