Saturn satellites as seen by Cassini Mission

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2009-06-22

arxiv.org/abs/0906.4064v1

Earth, Moon and Planets (2009) 105:289-310

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics

34 pages, 10 figures, to appear on the special issue of Earth, Moon and Planets for the Elba workshop

Scientific paper

10.1007/s11038-009-9334-7

In this paper we will summarize some of the most important results of the Cassini mission concerning the satellites of Saturn. Given the long duration of the mission, the complexity of the payload onboard the Cassini Orbiter and the amount of data gathered on the satellites of Saturn, it would be impossible to describe all the new discoveries made, therefore we will describe only some selected, paramount examples showing how Cassini's data confirmed and extended ground-based observations. In particular we will describe the achievements obtained for the satellites Phoebe, Enceladus and Titan. We will also put these examples in the perspective of the overall evolution of the system, stressing out why the selected satellites are representative of the overall evolution of the Saturn system.

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