Re: Saturn/Cassini-Huygens close to sun
From: Ed (_at_)
Date: 07/04/04
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Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 02:21:21 +0100
"sirius" <sirius@comlink.net> wrote:
s> Why did JPL choose a mission plan that caused Cassini to
s> arrive at Saturn close to it's solar conjunction date?
In addition to waiting for favorable planetary alignments, the arrival date
and trajectory to Saturn were specifically selected to accommodate
a flyby of Phoebe - the only opportunity to study Phoebe during the mission.
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