Astronomy
A single crescent moon is a familiar sight in Earth's sky, but with Saturn's many moons, we can see three or even more.
- "mission Accomplished, But New Questions Await!"
That's what NASA is announcing about their Cassini mission. Today, on June 30, Cassini is ending its primary mission, lasting for four years. But Cassini is not done with Saturn and its moons. There is still much too left to learn about Saturn, and...
- Cassini Meets The Jets Of Enceladus
NASA's Cassini spacecraft made a close flyby on Wednesday March 12 of Enceladus, one of Saturn's numerous moons. Cassini flew by the moon at 15 kilometers per second (32,000 mph), through icy water jets, that are similar to geysers. With the...
- The Seas Of Titan
The Cassini Spacecraft has been orbiting Saturn for some time now, but recently, it has found seas on one of Saturn's moon, Titan, the second largest moon in the solar system. The dark features, caught by Cassini's radar instrument are found near...
- The Uranus From Saturn?s Orbit.
On April 11, 2014 NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this image of the blue ice-giant planet Uranus [The tiny blue light indicated by the arrow] in the distance beyond Saturn?s rings. When this view was obtained, Uranus was nearly on the opposite...
- Planet Saturn
Saturn Mass : ...
Astronomy
Triple crescent Moons of Saturn.
The three moons shown here, Titan [5,150 kilometers across], Mimas [396 kilometers across] and Rhea [1,527 kilometers across] show marked contrasts.
Titan, the largest moon in this image, appears fuzzy because its cloudy atmosphere refracts light around the moon.
Rhea [upper left] appears rough because its icy surface is heavily cratered and a close inspection of Mimas [center bottom], though difficult to see at this scale, shows surface irregularities due to its own violent history.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on March 25, 2015. The view was obtained at a distance of approximately 4.3 million kilometers from Titan, 3.0 million kilometers from Mimas and 2.6 million kilometers from Rhea.
source:- nasa.gov
- "mission Accomplished, But New Questions Await!"
That's what NASA is announcing about their Cassini mission. Today, on June 30, Cassini is ending its primary mission, lasting for four years. But Cassini is not done with Saturn and its moons. There is still much too left to learn about Saturn, and...
- Cassini Meets The Jets Of Enceladus
NASA's Cassini spacecraft made a close flyby on Wednesday March 12 of Enceladus, one of Saturn's numerous moons. Cassini flew by the moon at 15 kilometers per second (32,000 mph), through icy water jets, that are similar to geysers. With the...
- The Seas Of Titan
The Cassini Spacecraft has been orbiting Saturn for some time now, but recently, it has found seas on one of Saturn's moon, Titan, the second largest moon in the solar system. The dark features, caught by Cassini's radar instrument are found near...
- The Uranus From Saturn?s Orbit.
On April 11, 2014 NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this image of the blue ice-giant planet Uranus [The tiny blue light indicated by the arrow] in the distance beyond Saturn?s rings. When this view was obtained, Uranus was nearly on the opposite...
- Planet Saturn
Saturn Mass : ...