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January 2006 Top Stories


Saturn's Rings Edge On »» Saturn's Rings Edge On

[Sunday, January 1, 2006] This image was taken on December 30, 2005 and received on Earth December 31, 2005. The camera was pointing toward Pan at approximately 2,367,119 kilometers away.

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A Swarm of Moons »» A Swarm of Moons

[Sunday, January 1, 2006] This image was taken on December 30, 2005 and received on Earth December 31, 2005. The camera was pointing toward Janus at approximately 2,353,449 kilometers away.

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Moonrise Above Titan »» Moonrise Above Titan

[Sunday, January 1, 2006] This image was taken on December 26, 2005 and received on Earth December 27, 2005. The camera was pointing toward Titan at approximately 25,404 kilometers away.

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Tethys - Adrift at Saturn »» Tethys - Adrift at Saturn

[Wednesday, January 4, 2006] Tethys floats before the massive, golden-hued globe of Saturn in this natural color view. The thin, dark line of the rings curves around the horizon at top.

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Cassini Significant Events  for 12/21/05 - 01/04/06 »» Cassini Significant Events for 12/21/05 - 01/04/06

[Friday, January 6, 2006] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired Wednesday, January 4, from the Goldstone tracking stations. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and is operating normally.

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NASA Cassini Image: Epimetheus and Titan »» NASA Cassini Image: Epimetheus and Titan

[Sunday, January 8, 2006] This image was taken on January 05, 2006 and received on Earth January 05, 2006. The camera was pointing toward Epimetheus at approximately 3,025,557 kilometers away.

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Deep Clouds »» Deep Clouds

[Wednesday, January 11, 2006] Twice as far from the Sun as Jupiter, Saturn's colder temperatures mean that clouds form lower in its atmosphere. As a result, the visible cloud patterns occur deeper inside Saturn, reducing their visibility in natural color views.

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Cassini Significant Events for 01/05/06 - 01/11/06 »» Cassini Significant Events for 01/05/06 - 01/11/06

[Friday, January 13, 2006] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired Wednesday, January 11, from the Goldstone tracking stations. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and is operating normally.

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Pandora, Distant Shepherd »» Pandora, Distant Shepherd

[Sunday, January 15, 2006] Gazing across the plains of Saturn's icy rings, Cassini catches the F ring shepherd moon Pandora hovering in the distance.

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Mimas ... and Titan Beyond »» Mimas ... and Titan Beyond

[Sunday, January 15, 2006] Titan, Saturn's largest moon and Mimas in the foreground are seen together in this view from Cassini. Titan's gravity is weaker than Earth's, so the moon's atmosphere is quite extended -- a quality hinted at in this view.

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Envious Tethys »» Envious Tethys

[Sunday, January 15, 2006] The Cassini spacecraft captures this dual portrait of an apparently dead moon and one that is very much alive. Tethys, in the foreground, shows no signs of recent geologic activity. Enceladus spews icy particles into space from active vents.

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Choosing Sides »» Choosing Sides

[Sunday, January 15, 2006] Cassini has Mimas (397 kilometers across, at bottom) and Pandora (84 kilometers at center left) on its side as it gazes across the ringplane at distant Tethys (1,071 kilometers across, at top).

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Iapetus, A Moon with Two Dark Sides »» Iapetus, A Moon with Two Dark Sides

[Sunday, January 15, 2006] The origin of the dark territory of Cassini Regio on Iapetus remains a mystery. Also puzzling is the equatorial ridge that bisects this terrain, and how it fits into the story of the moon's strange brightness dichotomy.

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Serenity Above, Tempests Below »» Serenity Above, Tempests Below

[Sunday, January 15, 2006] Whiffs of cloud dance in Saturn's atmosphere, while the dim crescent of Rhea (1,528 kilometers, or 949 miles across) hangs in the distance.

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Tilted Giant »» Tilted Giant

[Sunday, January 15, 2006] This moody portrait of Saturn captures a razor-thin ringplane bisecting the clouds of the bright equatorial region. The rings cast dark, shadowy bands onto the planet's northern latitudes.

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Hoping for a Hex »» Hoping for a Hex

[Sunday, January 15, 2006] As northern winter ends on Saturn and the Cassini spacecraft's view of the north pole improves, the swirls and eddies visible until now only in the south are gradually coming into view in the northern hemisphere.

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Huygens Landing: One Year Later »» Huygens Landing: One Year Later

[Sunday, January 15, 2006] One year ago this week, on January 14, 2005, the European Space Agency's Huygens probe reached the upper layer of Titan's atmosphere and landed on the surface after a parachute descent 2 hours and 28 minutes later.

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Titan »» Titan

[Wednesday, January 18, 2006] This image was taken on January 15, 2006 and received on Earth January 16, 2006. The camera was pointing toward Titan at approximately 26,478 kilometers away

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Rhea »» Rhea

[Wednesday, January 18, 2006] This image was taken on January 18, 2006 and received on Earth January 18, 2006. The camera was pointing toward Rhea at approximately 267,591 kilometers away.

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Epimetheus and Saturn's Rings »» Epimetheus and Saturn's Rings

[Sunday, January 22, 2006] This image was taken on January 20, 2006 and received on Earth January 21, 2006. The camera was pointing toward Epimetheus at approximately 1,510,766 kilometers away, and the image was taken using the CL1 and CL2 filters.

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Rhea Close Up »» Rhea Close Up

[Sunday, January 22, 2006] This image was taken on January 17, 2006 and received on Earth January 18, 2006. The camera was pointing toward Rhea at approximately 244,654 kilometers away, and the image was taken using the CL1 and GRN filters.

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Dione Bathed in Saturn's Glow and Sunlight »» Dione Bathed in Saturn's Glow and Sunlight

[Sunday, January 22, 2006] This image was taken on January 18, 2006 and received on Earth January 19, 2006. The camera was pointing toward Dione at approximately 1,256,287 kilometers away, and the image was taken using the CL1 and CL2 filters.

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Titan and Saturn's Rings »» Titan and Saturn's Rings

[Sunday, January 22, 2006] This image was taken on January 18, 2006 and received on Earth January 19, 2006. The camera was pointing toward Titan at approximately 2,198,483 kilometers away, and the image was taken using the CL1 and CL2 filters.

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Saturn's Rings »» Saturn's Rings

[Sunday, January 22, 2006] This image was taken on January 19, 2006 and received on Earth January 19, 2006. The camera was pointing toward Saturn's D Ring at approximately 1,181,967 kilometers away, and the image was taken using the CL1 and CL2 filters.

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Mimas Rising Over Saturn's Sunlit Hemisphere »» Mimas Rising Over Saturn's Sunlit Hemisphere

[Sunday, January 22, 2006] This image was taken on January 19, 2006 and received on Earth January 19, 2006. The camera was pointing toward Mimas at approximately 1,011,360 kilometers away, and the image was taken using the CL1 and CL2 filters.

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Mimas Against Saturn's Nightside »» Mimas Against Saturn's Nightside

[Sunday, January 22, 2006] This image was taken on January 19, 2006 and received on Earth January 19, 2006. The camera was pointing toward Mimas at approximately 1,013,321 kilometers away, and the image was taken using the P120 and GRN filters.

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Tethys and Titan »» Tethys and Titan

[Sunday, January 22, 2006] This image was taken on January 19, 2006 and received on Earth January 19, 2006. The camera was pointing toward Tethys at approximately 956,687 kilometers away, and the image was taken using the CL1 and CL2 filters.

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Rhea Bathed in Saturn's Glow and Sunlight »» Rhea Bathed in Saturn's Glow and Sunlight

[Sunday, January 22, 2006] This image was taken on January 19, 2006 and received on Earth January 20, 2006. The camera was pointing toward Rhea at approximately 1,690,237 kilometers away, and the image was taken using the CL1 and CL2 filters.

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Cassini Significant Events 01/12/06 - 01/18/06 »» Cassini Significant Events 01/12/06 - 01/18/06

[Sunday, January 22, 2006] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired Wednesday, January 18, from the Goldstone tracking stations. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and is operating normally.

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Predicting the weather on Titan? »» Predicting the weather on Titan?

[Monday, January 23, 2006] A European team has developed a general circulation model which couples dynamics, haze and cloud physics to study Titan climate and enables us to understand how the major cloud features which are observed, are produced.

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Crescent Dione and Saturn's Rings »» Crescent Dione and Saturn's Rings

[Tuesday, January 24, 2006] This image was taken on January 19, 2006 and received on Earth January 20, 2006. The camera was pointing toward Dione at approximately 1,117,440 kilometers away.

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Crescent Enceladus and Saturn's Rings »» Crescent Enceladus and Saturn's Rings

[Tuesday, January 24, 2006] This image was taken on January 19, 2006 and received on Earth January 20, 2006. The camera was pointing toward Enceladus at approximately 1,763,848 kilometers away.

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Tethys Bathed in Saturn's Glow and Sunlight »» Tethys Bathed in Saturn's Glow and Sunlight

[Tuesday, January 24, 2006] This image was taken on January 19, 2006 and received on Earth January 20, 2006. The camera was pointing toward Tethys at approximately 1,734,123 kilometers away.

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Crescent Mimas Over Saturn's Nightside »» Crescent Mimas Over Saturn's Nightside

[Tuesday, January 24, 2006] This image was taken on January 20, 2006 and received on Earth January 20, 2006. The camera was pointing toward Mimas at approximately 1,431,584 kilometers away.

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Cassini Significant Events  for 01/19/06 - 01/25/06 »» Cassini Significant Events for 01/19/06 - 01/25/06

[Saturday, January 28, 2006] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired Wednesday, January 25, from the Goldstone tracking stations. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and is operating normally.

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Pulverized Pulchritude (Enhanced Color) »» Pulverized Pulchritude (Enhanced Color)

[Sunday, January 29, 2006] This close view of Rhea prominently shows two large impact basins on the ancient and battered moon. The great age of these basins is suggested by the large number of smaller craters that are overprinted within them.

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Detail on Dione (False Color) »» Detail on Dione (False Color)

[Sunday, January 29, 2006] The leading hemisphere of Dione displays subtle variations in color across its surface in this false color view.

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A Swarm of Moons »» A Swarm of Moons

[Sunday, January 29, 2006] This image was taken on January 27, 2006 and received on Earth January 29, 2006. The camera was pointing toward Rhea at approximately 3,012,387 kilometers away.

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