Cassini Encounters Iapetus...Cassini Encounters Iapetus The Cassini spacecraft (orbiting in the...
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Cassini Encounters Iapetus
● The Cassini spacecraft (orbiting in the saturnian system) flew within 1000 miles of Saturn's strange moon Iapetus yesterday.
● The data are on their way to your screen...– a rare real-time first-hand view of true exploration.
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Steps Toward Knowing a New World
● Jupiter's moon Io, for example...
– Discovery
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Steps Toward Knowing a New World
● Jupiter's moon Io, for example...
– Encounter
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Steps Toward Knowing a New World
● Jupiter's moon Io, for example...
– Encounter
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Steps Toward Knowing a New World
● Jupiter's moon Io, for example...
– Exploration
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Steps Toward Knowing a New World
● Jupiter's moon Io, for example...
– Exploration
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Steps Toward Knowing a New World
● Jupiter's moon Io, for example...
– Exploration
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Steps Toward Knowing a New World
● Jupiter's moon Io, for example...
– Exploration
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Cassini Encounters Iapetus
● The Cassini spacecraft (orbiting in the saturnian system) flew within 1000 miles of Saturn's strange moon Iapetus yesterday.
● The data are on their way to your screen...– a rare real-time first-hand view of true exploration.
![Page 10: Cassini Encounters Iapetus...Cassini Encounters Iapetus The Cassini spacecraft (orbiting in the saturnian system) flew within 1000 miles of Saturn's strange moon Iapetus yesterday.](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022050523/5fa6a62d33aded6dcb6477ec/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Why is Iapetus Interesting?● From the time it was discovered (1671), Iapetus was known to
be black on one side and bright on the other???
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Why is Iapetus Interesting?● It keeps the same face toward Saturn and is dark on the leading
side and bright on the trailing side.
Best Voyager image....
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Cassini's Distant Encounter● Cassini has viewed Iapetus from a distance deepening (and
adding to) the mystery.
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Cassini's Distant Encounter
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Cassini's Distant Encounter
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Cassini's Distant Encounter
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Encounter at 1000 km
● This afternoon we get to see 100 times more detail...
A teaser.... from on the way in.
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Encounter at 1000 km
● This afternoon we get to see 100 times more detail...A teaser.... from on the way in.
See:
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/
and
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/raw/raw-images-list.cfm?browseLatest=1
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