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Prometheus Invading F Ring

Canto III: Hints of Equinox

Saturn is rapidly approaching equinox, where the Sun passes through the ring plane (south-to-north, i.e. the northern vernal equinox), and its ring system (i.e. its great now-gloomy poorly-lit circles of large blocks of water ice) is starting to show some really interesting behavior.

Cassini Mission Overview

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David Seal muses on his time as the mission planner for Cassini, and the history behind its name, and astronomy in Rome.