A Portrait of Saturn from Titan
Explanation:
This artistic
portrait of
Saturn depicts how
it might look from
Titan, Saturn's largest moon.
In the foreground sits ESA's
Huygens
probe, which will be released by NASA's
Cassini
spacecraft and parachute to Titan's surface.
Cassini will
reach Saturn in 2004 and release the
Huygens probe later that year.
Titan is one of only two moons in the
Solar System to have an atmosphere.
It has been suggested Titan might have gasoline-like lakes
and an atmospheric
chemistry
like that found on early Earth.
The Cassini spacecraft was
launched in October 1997
and has now traveled beyond
Jupiter.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
