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    Cassini Tour of Saturn

    Date: 01 Jul 2004
    Satellite: Cassini-Huygens
    Depicts: Overview of the different parts of the Saturn tour
    Copyright: NASA

    These two plots provide a polar view (top) and edge-on view (bottom) of Cassini's tour of the Saturn system. The tour is divided into 6 different segments that are colour coded in the two plots. The 6 segments are:

    BlackSaturn Orbit Insertion and Probe Release
    OrangeOccultation Sequence
    GreenPetal Rotation and Magnetotail Petal
    Blue Titan 180 Transfer
    YellowRotation / Icy Satellites
    RedHigh Inclination Sequence

    In the polar view the inner dashed circle represents the orbit of Titan and the outer dashed circle represents the orbit of Iapetus. The scales on the axes are in Saturn radii.


    Last Update: 26 Oct 2006

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    • Saturn Orbit Insertion and Probe Release
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    • High Inclination Sequence
    • See also
    • Cassini Tour - Prime Mission

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