14. Sep. 1712: Der französische Astronom u. Mathematiker Giovanni Domenico #Cassini stirbt in Paris. Er entdeckte u.a. die zwei Saturnmonde #Iapetus und #Rhea und die Lücke im Saturnring, die Cassinische Teilung.

14. Sep. 1712: Der französische Astronom u. Mathematiker Giovanni Domenico #Cassini stirbt in Paris. Er entdeckte u.a. die zwei Saturnmonde #Iapetus und #Rhea und die Lücke im Saturnring, die Cassinische Teilung.

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Cloaking Iapetus

Darkness sweeps over Iapetus as the Cassini spacecraft watches the shadow of Saturn B ring engulf the dichotomous moon. The image at left shows the unshaded moon, while at right, Iapetus sits in the [...]

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Dione Good Side

Dione appears small and far off in this Cassini view, which nonetheless manages to capture a detailed look at the moon's beautiful bright streaks, or "linea." The linea are a system of braided canyons [...]

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The Banded North

Looking toward high northern latitudes on Titan, the Cassini spacecraft spies a banded pattern encircling the pole

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Here's a view of the 20-km-high equatorial ridge that almost fully encircles Saturn's moon Iapetus. It's made from images captured by #Cassini on September 10, 2007.

From Jason Major
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Saturn from Far and Near Cassini-Huygens

Saturn from Far and Near Cassini-Huygens

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Distant Saturn Sighting

Saturn appears serene and majestic in the first color composite made of images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on its approach to the ringed planet, with arrival still 20 months away. The [...]

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The dramatic demise of #Cassini a week from today has been paired in my head with the music from the Immolation Scene at the end of Wagner's Gotterdamerung.
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They showed this and some other art in the live feed of the Grand Finale.

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Saturnscape After Equinox

A pair of Saturn moons, Dione and Tethys, accompany the planet and its rings in this image taken shortly after the planet August 2009 equinox by NASA Cassini spacecraft.

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Congrats to #IsarAerospace for historic launch from Andøya Spaceport, Norway! Europe’s independent access to space just got a major boost! 🇪🇺

Thrilled to see EU tools help startups scale from lab to launchpad and a visible European commercial space company.

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Admirez la majesté de Saturne et de ses anneaux magnifiques. 🌌🪐

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