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A Decade in the Saturn System

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Type: General Meetings

Keywords: Saturn Titan Cassini Huygens Solar System

Held on: Jun 18, 2014 (Wed) at 07:30 PM to Jun 18, 2014 (Wed) at 09:30 PM

Speaker: Ron Hobbs

Location: Physics/Astronomy Auditorium (PAA), Room A118, Seattle, Washington

Event Coordinator: Christopher Laurel

Overview

On July 1, 2004, the Cassini spacecraft became the first manmade object to orbit the planet Saturn. NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador Ron Hobbs looks back on Cassini's ten years of exciting discoveries and beautiful images.

 

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