From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Fri Jun 25 2004 - 16:16:13 PDT
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Subject: Getting Closer To Titan
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Image Advisory: 2004-162 June 25, 2004
Getting Closer To Titan
Irregular bright and dark regions of yet unidentified composition and
This view represents an improvement in resolution of nearly three
Cassini will conduct a critical 96-minute burn before going into orbit
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission, visit
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations
Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colo.
character are becoming increasingly visible on Titan's surface as
Cassini approaches its scheduled first flyby of Saturn's largest moon
on July 2, 2004.
times over the previous Cassini images of Titan. Titan's surface is
difficult to study, veiled by a dense hydrocarbon haze that forms in
the high stratosphere as methane is destroyed by sunlight. This image
is different from previous Titan images by Cassini because it was
taken through a special filter, called a polarizer, which is designed
to see through the atmosphere to the surface.
around Saturn on June 30 (July 1 Universal Time), with its first
scheduled flyby of Titan on July 2.
European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in
Pasadena, manages the Cassini-Huygens mission for NASA's Office of
Space Science, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two
onboard cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The
imaging team is based at the Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colo.
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov
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