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Old January 22nd 05, 10:00 AM
Aidan Karley
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In article , Hop David wrote:
There've been lots of pics of Saturn's rings and moons but, come to
think of it, haven't seen many close-ups of Saturn.

In contrast, ISTR Galileo sending many spectacular photos of Jupiter's
"surface".

That's partly because it (Jupiter) offers the most extreme
laboratory for studying deep atmospheres with heating from below, while
Saturn is lesser in all respects - less deep, less dense and less heat
from below.
Also, telescopic observations over extended periods (centuries)
have revealed comparatively less activity than on Jupiter.
So they're concentrating on the moons for the moment. I think the
first 50-odd orbits through the system are designed to give multiple
passes of Titan, then there will be a series of close passes of Titan to
change the orbital attitude and altitude to get a better look at the
inner moons and 'surface'.

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Location: 57°10'11" N, 02°08'43" W (sub-tropical Aberdeen), 0.021233

 




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