Lakes in the limelight, the 2013 image bonanza continues |
Lakes in the limelight, the 2013 image bonanza continues |
Sep 13 2013, 02:20 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
A fantastic collection of new images of the northern lakes has just arrived: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/raw/rawi...?imageID=298704
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Aug 22 2014, 09:23 PM
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When Cassini first arrived at Saturn, the release of Huygens was delayed (to get a better angle for comm relay, IIRC). I wondered why not delay it for many orbits so a landing site could be chosen based on the better info being obtained from numerous Titan flybys. Prudence favored releasing the lander as soon as possible.
A question for our Titan experts: if Cassini were still carrying Huygens today, where (and when) on Titan would you want to have it land? |
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Aug 22 2014, 09:42 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
if Cassini were still carrying Huygens today, where (and when) on Titan would you want to have it land? (No expert, but I do have opinions . ) I'm really glad nobody had the chance to choose the site. It landed with exceptional good fortune in a very information-rich location which would never in a month of Sundays have been selected by cautious planners. But yes: now we know what we know, and what we know is we badly need a robotic chemist in one of the lakes. Huygens was designed to cope with a lake landing but it wouldn't have done much chemistry. |
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