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Is Huygens landing on the daylit or nighttime side of Titan?



 
 
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Old January 11th 05, 11:13 PM
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I hope it's the daylit side...

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Old January 13th 05, 10:30 PM
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I hope it's the daylit side...


Yes, because (among other reasons) they want to get images of the Sun on
the way down for measuring the atmospheric haze.

Mind you, Huygens has its own landing light, which will be turned on just
before touchdown. (The spectral characteristics of surface sunlight are
poorly-known, and they want a light source of known spectrum for a look
at the surface material.)
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