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A Spotty Saturn.
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post Oct 14 2004, 10:32 PM
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http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...eiImageID=23747

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...eiImageID=23741

Images from the wide angle camera are nearly filing the frame again:

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...eiImageID=23617
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post Oct 21 2004, 06:23 PM
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QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 21 2004, 02:15 AM)
It's the later - these observations will allow them to tighten up the orbital params for Iap. so it should happen in the future smile.gif

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This encounter also would give us a better mass estimate for Iapetus. Because of our current uncertainty, the Iapetus distant encounter distance on December 30 had to be raised to ensure that Huygens doesn't pass to close to Iapetus.


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- Sunspot   A Spotty Saturn.   Oct 14 2004, 10:32 PM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   Yes, these Saturn images are getting great and muc...   Oct 15 2004, 03:38 PM
- - Sunspot   QUOTE (Bjorn Jonsson @ Oct 15 2004, 03:38 PM)...   Oct 16 2004, 11:47 AM
- - Sunspot   Yep, a much better view of Iapetus http://saturn....   Oct 17 2004, 08:49 AM
- - Sunspot   ....latest batch look worse.   Oct 18 2004, 01:52 PM
- - OWW   In the last observation ( oct 17th ) Cassini appar...   Oct 20 2004, 09:47 PM
- - djellison   It's the later - these observations will allow...   Oct 21 2004, 09:15 AM
- - volcanopele   QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 21 2004, 02:15 AM)It...   Oct 21 2004, 06:23 PM

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