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World Reacts to Ringworld's Camera
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| Topic: Saturn |
07/01/04 |
| Summary: Cassini transmitted its first closeup views of the mysterious Saturnian rings after its successful orbital insertion on June 30th. Planetary watchers hope to resolve a two decade old debate on how the rings form both circular and radial bands (or 'spokes') at the same time. |
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Close-up Look at Saturn's Rings
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| Topic: Saturn |
07/01/04 |
| Summary: Cassini has sent back its first close-up images of Saturn's rings, and mission scientists are already busy re-evaluating old theories - and struggling to come up with some new ones. The images confirm that Saturn's rings are endlessly complex and dynamic, truly one of the natural wonders of the solar system. |
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Wedding to a Ring
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| Topic: Saturn |
06/30/04 |
| Summary: The Cassini probe has buzzed by Venus (twice), the Earth and asteroids, but today's mission is not just to flyby, but to be captured--in this case by the giant ringworld, Saturn. After seven years since launch, the most tense period of journey will unfold in a brief span of 96 minutes. |
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Dawn to Dusk on Saturn
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| Topic: Saturn |
06/29/04 |
| Summary: If one thing seems certain it is that the sun will rise again tomorrow. But on Saturn, the length of a day has become a matter of scientific dispute. To find an answer, scientists tuned their radio receivers to listen for the planet's periodic rhythms. |
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Saturn: The Closest Pass
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| Topic: Saturn |
06/04/04 |
| Summary: Not for two decades have planetary scientists been this close to Saturn. When the Cassini probe enters Saturn's orbital grip, its instrument suite will help discover the planet's rotation rate and magnetic properties. |
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Stormy Bands on Ringed World
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| Topic: Saturn |
05/30/04 |
| Summary: A classic compare and contrast image pair reveals Saturn's beauty as snapped by the Hubble Space Telescope and the Cassini probe on close approach. |
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Eyeful of Saturn
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| Topic: Saturn |
04/30/04 |
| Summary: The Cassini spaceprobe now approaching Saturn got its last glimpse of the ringed planet in a composition that fills its camera lens. As the mission enters its system of moons, the views will get increasingly detailed in preparation for a December landing attempt on the biochemically-rich moon, Titan. |
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Stormy Saturn
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| Topic: Saturn |
04/08/04 |
| Summary: As the Cassini mission approaches Saturn, the onboard cameras have begun to reveal the dynamic weather in the giant ringed world's cloud tops. In the southern hemisphere, new images show a brewing storm as two cells merge over several weeks. |
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Saturn, Spot On
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| Topic: Saturn |
04/02/04 |
| Summary: As the Cassini-Huygens probe approaches Saturn, another stunning image of the moons surrounding this ringed world presents more mysteries as scientists seek to understand whether water circulation contributes to Saturn's cloud-top patterns. |
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Saturn in X-Rays
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| Topic: Saturn |
03/09/04 |
| Summary: The Chandra X-ray telescope shows that Saturn differs from Jupiter in whether its x-ray image is more intense at the poles or centered on the equator. This result has puzzled theorists since neither the x-ray intensity nor distribution fits any existing explanations. |
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