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I guess it's never too early.

Titan-14 Science Highlights

Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (UVIS) – will probe haze optical properties, atmospheric nitrogen emissions and hydrocarbon absorption, and absorption by methane of the Lyman-alpha interplanetary background which helps us understand the distribution of methane in the thermosphere of Titan.

Radio Science Subsystem (RSS) - A T14 ingress/egress occultation of Titan will provide high spatial-resolution electron number density profile of the ionosphere, temperature-pressure and absorption profiles of the neutral atmosphere , as well as information about the small-scale structure of the atmosphere (gravity waves, turbulence, layers). An inbound and outbound RSS bistatic scattering observations of Titan's surface will provide information about the dielectric constant, nature, and roughness of the region probed.

Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) - will perform high spectral resolution studies of Titan's limb in the far-infrared regime unseen by Voyager, to search for new species and to map the vertical distribution of CO, CH4, HCN and H2O. CIRS will also continue existing campaigns of global temperature and composition mapping, extending spatial and temporal coverage.

Radio and Plasma Wave Spectrometer (RPWS) – Study the interaction of the magnetosphere with Titan at intermediate distances for evidence of ion pickup, radio emissions, density profiles, and the general wave environment.

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http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...heQ=0&storedQ=0



Some pics Up!

[ugordan]

This has indeed been a flyby concentrating on atmospheric observations.
Nevertheless, here's a sight you don't see every day:
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...eiImageID=76196

Solar System Simulator view here
That would be Rhea being dwarfed by Titan's limb.