ASU-Led Team Produces First Complete Geologic Map of Io More than 400 years after Galileo's discovery of Io, the innermost of Jupiter's largest moons, a team of scientists led by Arizona State University (ASU) has produced the first complete global geologic map of the Jovian satellite.
Cassini Spies Wave Rattling Jet Stream on Jupiter New movies of Jupiter are the first to catch an invisible wave shaking up one of the giant planet's jet streams, an interaction that also takes place in Earth's atmosphere and influences the weather.
Jovian Early Bombardment: Planetesimal Erosion in the Inner Asteroid Belt The asteroid belt is an open window on the history of the Solar System, as it preserves records of both its formation process and its secular evolution. The progenitors of the present-day asteroids formed in the Solar Nebula almost contemporary to the ...
Spectacular Image: Titan and Saturn This image was taken on May 06, 2012 and received on Earth May 07, 2012. The camera was pointing toward Titan at approximately 475,131 miles (764,649 kilometers) away.
Image: Janus' Craters Shadows darken parts of some of Janus' large craters as Cassini takes a close look during its flyby of this Saturnian moon on March 27, 2012. This view is centered on terrain at 13 degrees south latitude, 26 degrees west longitude.
NASA Cassini Significant Events 04/25/2012 - 05/01/2012 The most recent spacecraft tracking and telemetry data were collected on May 2 using the Deep Space Network's 34 meter high-efficiency Station 34 at Canberra, Australia.
Cassini Enceladus Flyby - May 2, 2012 E-19 is the third of three fly-bys (along with E-9 and E-12 designed to understand the internal structure of Enceladus, particularly the concentration of mass under the south polar region.
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