• Cassini: Titan Flyby on Feb 1, 2016

    From baalke@1:2320/100 to sci.space.news on Fri Jan 29 00:02:41 2016
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    http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/flybys/titan20160201/

    Cassini
    Titan Flyby T-116: Multiple Occultations

    Feb. 01, 2016

    The Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph (UVIS) will observe two stars as
    they disappear behind Titan's atmosphere, which will provide detailed
    vertical profiles of composition and temperature in the high atmosphere
    not possible with any other instrument. UVIS also will take advantage
    of solar occultations to probe both northern and southern latitudes. The
    solar occultation is also observed by Visible and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer

    (VIMS) to provide detailed vertical profiles of composition and aerosols
    in the atmosphere below 200 km.

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    Titan Flyby at a Glance
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    Date
    Feb. 1, 2016

    Altitude
    870 miles (1,400 kilometers)

    Speed (rel. to Titan)
    12,974 mph (5.8 km/sec)

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