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18 years 6 months ago #28713 by DeirdreKelleghan
Unique Occulation Image was created by DeirdreKelleghan
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/im...ils.cfm?imageID=2145

One very unique occulation observed by the wonderobot Cassini.

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18 years 6 months ago #28714 by voyager
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Cool! I'm assuming they were able to use this event to probe the atmosphere?

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18 years 6 months ago #28715 by martinastro
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Thats is cool...thanks for sharing!
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coruscations attending the whole length of the luminosity, giving to the phenomena the aspect of a wrathful messenger, and not that of a tranquil body pursuing a harmless course..comet of 1680

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18 years 6 months ago #28719 by DeirdreKelleghan
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saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/im...ails.cfm?imageID=871


Yes the Saturnian atmosphere in this case but they also use stellar occultation to show up density waves in the icy rings, as in the image link above.


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18 years 6 months ago #28793 by Seanie_Morris
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A movie of that trip would have been nice! Thanks for posting Deirdre!
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18 years 6 months ago #28796 by dave_lillis
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A unique image, very nice, thanks for alerting us to that. :)
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