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Cassini impact site – infrared image

Cassini impact site – infrared image


Date: 15 September 2017
Satellite: Cassini
Depicts: Saturn impact site
Copyright: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

This montage of images, made from data obtained by Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer, shows the location on Saturn where the spacecraft entered Saturn's atmosphere on 15 September 2017.

This view shows Saturn in the thermal infrared, at a wavelength of 5 microns. Here, the instrument is sensing heat coming from Saturn's interior, in red. Clouds in the atmosphere are silhouetted against that inner glow.

The circle marks the approximate location where the spacecraft entered the atmosphere, at 9.4°N, 53°W.

Original and annotated image.

The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, ESA and the Italian Space Agency.

Last Update: 23 September 2021
19-Mar-2024 10:20 UT

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