High-velocity streams of dust originating from Saturn

Sascha Kempf (), Ralf Srama, Mihaly Horányi, Marcia Burton, Stefan Helfert, Georg Moragas-Klostermeyer, Mou Roy and Eberhard Grün
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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

Nature, 2005, vol. 433, issue 7023, 289-291

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.

Date: 2005
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