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13. Cassini: The dying of the light

Fri Sep 15, 2017, 05:01 PM

Sep 2017

Cassini is no more. At 10:31 according to its own clock, its thrusters could no longer hold its radio antenna pointed at Earth, and it turned away. A minute later, it vaporized in Saturn’s atmosphere.

Its atoms are part of Saturn now.

http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2017/0915-cassini-the-dying-of-the-light.html

Goodnight Cassini, and thanks for all the science.

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15 All-Time Best Photos From Cassini 🛑 (large photos) [View all] procon Sep 2017 OP

Beautiful, thank you. TeapotInATempest Sep 2017 #1

Wow, thanks for posting! Pacifist Patriot Sep 2017 #2

stunning!! niyad Sep 2017 #3

Sigh ... Delphinus Sep 2017 #4

I was accosted by a maniac with a petition in Orange County Sen. Walter Sobchak Sep 2017 #8

People are ignorant idiots. nt Duppers Sep 2017 #11

There should at least be an honorable mention for the Jupiter flyby Sen. Walter Sobchak Sep 2017 #7

Breathtakingly beautiful StarryNite Sep 2017 #9

Stunning! The Day the Earth Smiled.. Duppers Sep 2017 #10

I like the IR image of Titan - it looks the most earthlike Baclava Sep 2017 #16

These breathtaking images leave me awestruck. procon Sep 2017 #12

Cassini: The dying of the light beam me up scottie Sep 2017 #13

Great pix. Thanx oasis Sep 2017 #14

I think of the best things "We The People..." irisblue Sep 2017 #15

Nice! Scurrilous Sep 2017 #17