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SSP Penetrometer Readings


Date: 14 January 2005
Satellite: Huygens
Depicts: SSP Penetrometer Measurements
Copyright: ESA/NASA/JPL/Open University

Data from the SSP Penetrometer experiment showing the applied force.  Scientists believe the data shows the surface to have some kind of thin crust covering a less dense sub-surface material.

The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project between NASA, ESA and Italy's ASI space agency.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
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