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High-velocity streams of dust originating from Saturn

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  • Sascha Kempf

    (MPI für Kernphysik)

  • Ralf Srama

    (MPI für Kernphysik)

  • Mihaly Horányi

    (University of Colorado)

  • Marcia Burton

    (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

  • Stefan Helfert

    (MPI für Kernphysik)

  • Georg Moragas-Klostermeyer

    (MPI für Kernphysik)

  • Mou Roy

    (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

  • Eberhard Grün

    (MPI für Kernphysik
    University of Hawaii)

Abstract

Cassini gathers dust — and pictures As the Cassini-Huygens probe approached Saturn, the onboard dust detector revealed Saturn as a source of tiny grains moving faster than 100 km s−1. Most of these particles are now thought to originate from the edge of Saturn's outer dense ring. In situ analysis of the material in this region is not possible because the spacecraft would risk collision damage so close to the rings. But the new findings show that this can be achieved by proxy using the Cassini dust detector from a safe distance. And see the News pages for the remarkable first images of Titan from the Huygens part of the mission.

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  • Sascha Kempf & Ralf Srama & Mihaly Horányi & Marcia Burton & Stefan Helfert & Georg Moragas-Klostermeyer & Mou Roy & Eberhard Grün, 2005. "High-velocity streams of dust originating from Saturn," Nature, Nature, vol. 433(7023), pages 289-291, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:433:y:2005:i:7023:d:10.1038_nature03218
    DOI: 10.1038/nature03218
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