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A press conference has been scheduled for noon PST for discoveries made by the Cassini at the various icy satellites of Saturn during the last few months. Since August 2, Cassini has flown within 70,000 km of Mimas, 1,500 km of Tethys, 500 km of Hyperion, Rhea, and Dione, and had reasonably close encounters with Iapetus and Enceladus (which yielded the definitive discovery of plumes over the south polar region).

Description from http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/environme..._workshops.html :

News Conference: Cassini's Marathon Tour of Saturn's Icy Moons
Time: Tues. Dec. 6, 3 p.m. EST (12 p.m. PST)
Related Session:: P11B, P21F, P22A and P32A
For more information visit: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm
The remarkable Cassini mission has captured new views and information on young, old and oddball moons during the first year of a whirlwind tour of the Saturn system. Scientists will present the latest findings and images from Cassini, including breathtaking views and a deluge of data from these icy orbs during more than a dozen targeted flybys. Among the discoveries is the moon Enceladus has an atmosphere, which appears to be contributing particles to Saturn’s massive E-ring. Another discovery includes a long, narrow ridge that lies almost exactly on the equator of the moon Iapetus. In places, the ridge is approximately three times the height of Mount Everest.