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Figure a: Above and Below Titan’s Atmosphere (LINK)
IC: 2) Where does your interest in Titan come from?
VK: I’ve always loved astronomy, but it wasn’t until my undergraduate years that I realized what in particular piqued my interest. One event in August 2008 made me love planetary science: The Great Planet
Debate. There, I heard truly mind-blowing talks by important planetary scientists. It made me realize we
are in the golden age of planetary science. We are now just beginning to understand planetary objects,

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