saturn eclipsing the sun (cassini)
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Saturn eclipsing the sun (Cassini). Saturn rings in detail (Cassini). Rings are icy, thin, and composed of small particles. Saturn ’ s hexagonal pattern at north pole. Smaller objects: Greeks and Trojans. ASTEROIDS (Itokawa) – biggest rubble heap. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Saturn eclipsing the sun (Cassini)
Saturn rings in detail (Cassini)
Rings are icy, thin, and composed of small particles
Saturn’s hexagonal pattern at north pole
Smaller objects: Greeks and Trojans
ASTEROIDS (Itokawa) – biggest rubble heap
Japanese Hayabusa mission landed in 2005; sample capsule landed at Woomera, South Australia, on June 13; it is unclear if any samples were returned.
South Pole-Aitken Basinn (Moon)
Topo
Aitken CraterAitken Crater
South Pole
Martian dichotomy (in elevation)
Mars: North Pole (impact basin?)
Mars: Mount Olympus
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