Cassini Encounters Iapetus
● The Cassini spacecraft (orbiting in the saturnian system) flew within 1000 miles of Saturn's strange moon Iapetus yesterday.
● The data are on their way to your screen...– a rare real-time first-hand view of true exploration.
Steps Toward Knowing a New World
● Jupiter's moon Io, for example...
– Discovery
Steps Toward Knowing a New World
● Jupiter's moon Io, for example...
– Encounter
Steps Toward Knowing a New World
● Jupiter's moon Io, for example...
– Encounter
Steps Toward Knowing a New World
● Jupiter's moon Io, for example...
– Exploration
Steps Toward Knowing a New World
● Jupiter's moon Io, for example...
– Exploration
Steps Toward Knowing a New World
● Jupiter's moon Io, for example...
– Exploration
Steps Toward Knowing a New World
● Jupiter's moon Io, for example...
– Exploration
Cassini Encounters Iapetus
● The Cassini spacecraft (orbiting in the saturnian system) flew within 1000 miles of Saturn's strange moon Iapetus yesterday.
● The data are on their way to your screen...– a rare real-time first-hand view of true exploration.
Why is Iapetus Interesting?● From the time it was discovered (1671), Iapetus was known to
be black on one side and bright on the other???
Why is Iapetus Interesting?● It keeps the same face toward Saturn and is dark on the leading
side and bright on the trailing side.
Best Voyager image....
Cassini's Distant Encounter● Cassini has viewed Iapetus from a distance deepening (and
adding to) the mystery.
Cassini's Distant Encounter
Cassini's Distant Encounter
Cassini's Distant Encounter
Encounter at 1000 km
● This afternoon we get to see 100 times more detail...
A teaser.... from on the way in.
Encounter at 1000 km
● This afternoon we get to see 100 times more detail...A teaser.... from on the way in.
See:
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/
and
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/raw/raw-images-list.cfm?browseLatest=1
