Pat Flannery ) wrote:


: Mike Chan wrote:

: The trick would be to get Cassini down near the rings and moving
: parallel to them at nearly the same orbital velocity, so that the ring
: particles won't pose as much of an impact threat due to their low
: relative velocity.
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: That would be quite a trick, on the order of rendezvousing with one of
: the F-ring shepherd moons.
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: That would be a ball to do also. A slow close in pass over the sunlit
: side of the rings while staying above them by a hundred miles or so
: would be great for picking up fine detail on their component's interactions.

Turn Cassini into part of the ring system!

Eric

: Pat