Grand Finale part 1, F ring orbits |
Grand Finale part 1, F ring orbits |
Nov 29 2016, 11:03 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
With its second to last swing by Titan the curtain has now opened on Cassini's final act. What wonders will we see in the rings?
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Apr 13 2017, 06:39 PM
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You beat me to it Ian, I've been checking back on the raws for the last couple of hours...
Fantastic! 12 images of the planned 56 missing so far - hopefully these are at closer range, and they managed to snag at least a part of Atlas at higher resolution in them. It looks like the little moonlet was beginning to drift out of the F.O.V though... No impact craters at all visible at this range, in contrast to the Daphnis images a couple of weeks ago. I think this this is the last decent-range moon-encounter in the mission (excepting Titan on April 22nd) the remainder of the mission being dedicated to rings, gravity and atmosphere. What a ride! |
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