This computer animation shows the planned observations by Cassini spanning
roughly a two-day period surrounding its first very close approach to Titan on
Tuesday, Oct. 26, at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time, at Saturn, or 9:50 PDT,
Earth-received time.
The animation extends from Oct. 25, 10:20 a.m. PDT, to Oct. 26, 7:20 p.m. PDT.
Red indicates observations to be taken in infrared, white in visible light, and
purple in utlraviolet. Green indicates radar observations. The name of the
instrument team that has designed the observation -- imaging science
subsystem, visual and infrared spectrometer, composite infrared spectrometer,
ultraviolet imaging spectrograph, radar -- is shown.
The globe of Titan is covered with the map of imaging data shown in PIA06116.
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
Cassini-Huygens mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington,
D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras, were designed,
developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging team is based at the
Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colo.
For more information, about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit,
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov and the Cassini imaging team home page,
http://ciclops.org.
