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- Gian Domenico Cassini | Italian Astronomer, Discoverer of Jupiter’s . . .
Gian Domenico Cassini was an Italian-born French astronomer who, among others, discovered the Cassini Division, the dark gap between the rings A and B of Saturn; he also discovered four of Saturn’s moons
- Cassini-Huygens - NASA Science
Cassini was a sophisticated robotic spacecraft sent to study Saturn and its complex system of rings and moons in unprecedented detail It was one of the most ambitious efforts ever mounted in planetary exploration
- Cassini, the mission that revealed Saturn - The Planetary Society
What was Cassini? The Cassini spacecraft orbited Saturn for more than a decade, giving us unprecedented insights into the planet’s inner and outer workings
- Cassini Quick Facts - NASA Science
Cassini Quick Facts Some key numbers for Cassini's Grand Finale and final plunge into Saturn
- Cassini-Huygens - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Orbiting the ringed planet Saturn and its numerous moons, the Cassini spacecraft had been a keystone of exploration of the Saturnian system and the properties of gaseous planets in our solar system
- Cassini-Huygens | Missions | Astrobiology
At Saturn, Cassini released the Huygens probe toward the planet’s gas-shrouded moon Titan Huygens touched down on the moon on January 14, 2005, and became the first robotic explorer to land on an outer solar system body
- NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Ends Its Historic Exploration of Saturn
Cassini finished its tour of the Saturn system with its Grand Finale, capped by Friday’s intentional plunge into the planet to ensure Saturn’s moons – particularly Enceladus, with its subsurface ocean and signs of hydrothermal activity – remain pristine for future exploration
- ESA Science Technology - Cassini-Huygens
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a NASA ESA ASI mission to explore the Saturnian system The ESA component consists largely of the Huygens probe, which entered the atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, and descended under parachute down to the surface
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