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View of Saturn from Cassini, taken in March 2004, shortly before the spacecraft's orbital insertion in July 2004. This article provides a timeline of the Cassini–Huygens mission (commonly called Cassini). Cassini was a collaboration between the United States' NASA, the European Space Agency ("ESA"), and the Italian Space Agency ("ASI") to send a probe to study the Saturnian system, including ...
S/2004 S 31 is about 4 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 17.568 Gm in 869.65 days, at an inclination of 48.8° to the ecliptic, with an eccentricity of 0.240. [3] The satellite is affected by the Kozai mechanism , and is noted to be the first known moon whose argument of periapsis oscillates around 270°.
1979 – Pioneer 11 flies by Saturn, providing the first ever closeup images of the planet and its rings. It discovers the planet's F ring and determines that its moon Titan has a thick atmosphere. [199] 1979 – Goldreich and Tremaine postulate that Saturn's F ring is maintained by shepherd moons, a prediction that would be confirmed by ...
Missions to Saturn face competition from missions to other Solar System bodies. The Titan Saturn System Mission (TSSM) was a joint NASA/ESA proposal for an exploration of Saturn and its moons [10] Titan and Enceladus, where many complex phenomena have been revealed by the recent Cassini–Huygens mission.
NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which explored Saturn and its icy moons, including the majestic Titan, ended its mission with a death plunge into the giant ringed planet in 2017. Cassini's radar ...
S/2004 S 37 is a natural satellite of Saturn.Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, and Jan Kleyna on October 8, 2019 from observations taken between December 12, 2004 and February 2, 2006.
Ariana Grande, Kacey Musgraves. Getty Images (2) Whether you believe in astrology or not, you can’t swing a pair of headphones this year without hearing a pop star talk about their Saturn return.
S/2004 S 43 is about 4 kilometers in diameter, and orbits Saturn at a distance of 18.918 Gm in 971.48 days, at an inclination of 172.0, orbits in retrograde direction and eccentricity of 0.390. [2] S/2004 S 43 belongs to the Norse group and was marked the 100th moon of Saturn by count at the time it was announced.