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jasedm
post Feb 17 2015, 09:06 PM
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Details for the next Cassini revolution are now available here. This orbit includes yet another ring occultation, high-res observations of the F-ring, studies of the environment between the inner D-ring and Saturn's cloud tops (proximal orbits anyone?), and a nice Titan flyby focussing primarily on atmosphere and temperature gradients. Also featured, a final glimpse of Iapetus, with a ~1,000,000km flyby which should improve cartography of the northern regions a little. The Iapetus observations are at a similar range to the best Voyager 2 images of that moon, but with a much better camera - the flyby should fill some gaps at medium resolution in the north polar areas.

Much to look forward to!
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- jasedm   Rev 213   Feb 17 2015, 09:06 PM
- - remcook   Nice clump + spirals in the F-ring http://saturn.j...   Mar 16 2015, 01:21 PM
- - jasedm   Yes, huge amounts of activity in the F-ring - that...   Mar 17 2015, 08:31 PM
- - jasedm   Incidentally, there seems to be a large moonlet, o...   Mar 17 2015, 08:40 PM
- - Astro0   I'm liking the Saturn- or Ring-shine on Pandor...   Mar 17 2015, 09:36 PM
- - Ian R   Fitting that these were taken on the Ides of March...   Mar 18 2015, 12:44 AM
- - jasedm   Further to my post above suggesting a moonlet or c...   Mar 18 2015, 08:04 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Some descriptions of these things suggest they for...   Mar 18 2015, 08:34 PM
- - jasedm   There's definitely a huge amount of dynamism i...   Mar 19 2015, 07:59 PM
- - ngunn   Anybody know what's going on with the raw imag...   Mar 20 2015, 08:46 PM
- - elakdawalla   Nope. I just sent an email to Alice Wessen.   Mar 20 2015, 09:28 PM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Mar 20 2015, 09:28 P...   Mar 21 2015, 06:58 AM
- - Floyd   Carolyn Porco is going to San Francisco to head up...   Mar 20 2015, 10:31 PM
- - MarcF   And finally, the North Pole of Iapetus. For the fi...   Mar 29 2015, 03:46 PM
- - scalbers   Indeed, here is how the new image fits into my pre...   Mar 29 2015, 06:20 PM
- - Val Klavans   On March 25, Cassini imaged (from left to right) R...   Apr 3 2015, 11:11 PM
|- - Tom Dahl   Val, that is beautiful!   Apr 4 2015, 01:59 AM
- - antipode   Wow, like a lobby card for 2001: A Space Odyssey, ...   Apr 4 2015, 06:24 AM


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