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The Cassini-Huygens mission: tale of a 13-year journey in the Saturnian system
Palmaerts, Benjamin
201718th Meeting of the FNRS Contact Group Astronomie & Astrophysique
 

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Keywords :
Cassini; Saturn
Abstract :
[en] On the 15th of September 2017, the Cassini spacecraft will plunge into the atmosphere of Saturn, making the end of the successful Cassini-Huygens mission. During this unprecedented mission, Cassini will have spent 13 years around Saturn, achieving almost 300 orbits around the planet and continuously collecting observations of Saturn, its rings, moons and space environment. In this talk, after a short introduction about the genesis of the Cassini mission, I will give a review of all the important results of the mission. The dynamics of Saturn's atmosphere and magnetosphere will be discussed, as well as the discoveries about the evolution of the rings. An important part of the presentation will be also devoted to the moons Titan and Enceladus which both exhibit striking characteristics.
Research center :
STAR - Space sciences, Technologies and Astrophysics Research - ULiège
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Palmaerts, Benjamin  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Labo de physique atmosphérique et planétaire (LPAP)
Language :
English
Title :
The Cassini-Huygens mission: tale of a 13-year journey in the Saturnian system
Publication date :
19 September 2017
Event name :
18th Meeting of the FNRS Contact Group Astronomie & Astrophysique
Event organizer :
FNRS Contact Group Astronomie & Astrophysique
Event place :
Brussels, Belgium
Event date :
19 September 2017
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