Artist's impression of Cassini-Huygens
Copyright: Davis Seal
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Cassini's flyby of Jupiter is quite distant, with a closest approach of about 136 Jupiter radii (or almost 10 million kilometers). This image shows the spacecraft with Jupiter in the far distance. The Huygens probe is the gold-coloured 'dish' attached to the side of the spacecraft.
Illustration by David Seal (only available electronically).
Last Update: 1 September 2019