Cassini Titan-C flyby

[ToSeek]

Cassini Approaches Third Titan Flyby

The third targeted flyby of Titan occurs on Tuesday, February 15, 2005 at 6:58 SCET (Ground: 8:06 UTC - 12:06 AM Pacific time). Cassini’s closest approach to Saturn’s largest satellite is at an altitude of 1577 km (980 miles) above the surface at a speed of 6.1 kilometers per second (14,000 mph).

[TravisM]

Apparently, this time, they're gonna double up radar with infrared. The last radar pics had no reference frame for the sonar-impaired...

[PeteB]

First radar images from this encountered have been released:
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/pres...cfm?newsID=543


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[um3k]

I can't wait to see comparisons of the radar, ISS, and VIMS images!

I get a little over excited by this kind of stuff, sometimes. ops:

[TravisM]

My only 'serious' question is: How does this new info square with variable G? :wink:

Neat pics though. Gotta love that crater.