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Collection:
NASA Cassini-Huygens Collection
Title:
Staring Mitten
Description:
artist concept and movie of the view from Cassini during the star occultation that detected
Full Description:
This is an artist concept and movie of the view from Cassini during the star occultation that detected "Mittens," the small object to the right of the star. As Cassini watched the star pass behind Saturn's F ring (foreground), the star blinked out when Mittens blocked it, indicating it may be a solid moonlet.

The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter was designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The ultraviolet imaging spectrograph was designed and built at, and the team is based at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission, visit: http://saturn.jpl.n…The ultraviolet imaging spectrograph team home page is at: http://lasp.colorad….

Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Colorado
Date:
December 12, 2007
Keywords:
F ring
Keywords:
occultation
Keywords:
Mittens
facet_what:
Saturn
facet_what:
Cassini
facet_what:
Cassini-Huygens
facet_what:
Huygens Probe
facet_what:
Cassini Orbiter
facet_what:
Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph (UVIS)
facet_where:
Saturn
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_where:
California
facet_where:
Washington
facet_where:
Colorado
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where:
Washington, D.C.
facet_when:
December 12, 2007
facet_when_year:
2007
UID:
SPD-SATRN-2869
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Staring Mitten