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Old August 26th 04, 09:35 AM
Wally Anglesea
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Default Titan is getting closer

Well, I mean Cassini is getting closer to Titan.

"The Cassini spacecraft successfully completed a 51-minute engine burn that
will raise its next closest approach distance to Saturn by nearly 300,000
kilometers (186,000 miles). The maneuver was necessary to keep the
spacecraft from passing through the rings and to put it on target for its
first close encounter with Saturn's moon Titan on Oct. 26. "

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/pres...40823-pr-a.cfm

while you are there, check out the "wavy clouds" at Saturn's south pole. As
it says, the stratosphere at this latitude is almost pure hydrogen and
helium.




 




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