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Mars Seen From Cassini ?!?
dilo
post Aug 6 2005, 10:27 AM
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Look at these two WideField images taken on Aug,02:
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It seems that a bright starlike object traversed the space between Saturn and rings! Due to trajectory, satellite hypothesis is very unlikely and now I'm almost sure it's a planet...
Looking carefully to illumination, the visible part of Saturn is the darkside and rings are illuminated from below/behind. In fact, on Aug,02 Saturn eclipsed the Sun (as seen from Cassini) as showed by these Solar System simulator grabs:
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First sequence show the Mars transit toward East limb, while second sequence refers to the Venus exit from opposite side.
Initially I believed object is so bright that must be Venus or even Earth rolleyes.gif
However, after some considerations, most likehood conclusion is that Cassini pictured mars.gif , while the remaining inner solar system components were hidden from Saturn...
Do someone can inform MER/MGS guys about the new imagery? tongue.gif


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