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Saturn; Cassini’s Excellent Adventure
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Saturn About nine times Earth’s diameter 95 times as massive as Earth 1.4 billion kilometers (900 million miles) from Sun Orbits Sun in 29.5 years Largest moon is Titan (5100 km), 7 others 300-1500 km, 52 smaller moons
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Saturn as Seen from Earth
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First Visit to Saturn: Pioneer 11, 1979
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Pioneer 11 View of Saturn’s Rings
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Early Voyager Photograph
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Not as Exciting as Jupiter
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Detail of Saturn’s Rings
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Saturn Seen From Beyond
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Mimas
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Enceladus
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Dione
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Titan
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Crescent Titan
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Iapetus
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Cassini
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This is Rocket Science Launch: October 15, 1997 Venus Flyby April 26, 1998 Venus Flyby June 24, 1999 Earth Flyby August 18, 1999 Jupiter Flyby December 30, 2000 Saturn Orbit Insertion July 1, 2004 Huygens Probe Separation Dec. 24, 2004 Titan Landing January 14, 2005
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Saturn From Cassini
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Crescent Saturn
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Behind Saturn
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Rings and Shadow
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Ripply Rings
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Making Waves
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Saturn’s South Pole
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Storms in Saturn’s Far North
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The North Polar Hexagon
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“Saucer” Moons
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Hyperion
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Phoebe
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Iapetus By Saturn-Shine
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Iapetus Ridge
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Enceladus
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Enceladus up close and Personal
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Dione and Rhea
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Saturn, Titan, Enceladus
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Dione and Saturn’s Rings
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Titan’s Haze
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Surface of Titan
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Aerial View of Titan
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Surface of Titan
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Lakes on Titan
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Titan’s Largest Sea
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Sun Glint off Liquid
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Boris Smeds: The Hero of Huygens
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