Sinlap

-Cat #------Name----Certainty---Long---Lat-----Diameter---Radar Swath------------------------------------------------------

 2-----        Sinlap---      1          16.1W  N11.3-----79 km-------- T03---

First crater discovered on Titan. Similar in appearance to craters on Earth, Moon and Mars that have had aeolian deposition of sediments reduce original depth. Broad flat floor with bright streaks and northern third dusted with brightness. Strangely, VIMS indicated bright spot in center but higher resolution radar shows no central peak.

Close-in dark halo in radar, with broader brighter ejecta beyond. The 2008 Le Mouelic paper finds evidence for "the presence of an area enriched in water ice around the main ejecta blanket.   

    Image from Le Mouelic et al (20018)

Publications: 

2008: Le, Mouelic, S.; Paillou, P.; Janssen, M. A.; Barnes, J. W.; Rodriguez, S.; Sotin, C.; Brown, R. H.; Baines, K. H.; Buratti, B. J.; Clark, R. N.; Crapeau, M.; Encrenaz, P. J.; Jaumann, R.; Geudtner, D.; Paganelli, F.; Soderblom, L.; Tobie, G.; Wall, S. Mapping and interpretation of Sinlap crater on Titan using Cassini VIMS and RADAR data. Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets, 113 (abstract).