Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Cassini sends back beautiful images of Saturnian moons

Tethys


Daphnis - the wave maker

Mimas - the Death Star

Pandora


Prometheus


For over 12 years, the Cassini spacecraft has been orbiting Saturn, studying its moons, its rings and its atmosphere.  It is sending back some beautiful pictures of Saturnian moons.  It is scheduled to be destroyed by sending it into Saturn's atmosphere to avoid contamination of the moons.  (Huygens didn't contaminate Titan?).

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