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Cassini's final orbit around Saturn, September 2017. By this time Cassini will have exhausted its fuel for maneuvering, and the mission operators have chosen to send it toward a fiery descent in Saturn's atmosphere rather than risking an uncontrolled impact with a Titan or Enceladus. The final orbit has Cassini on a dramatic path that crosses the ring plane at a point inside the innermost ring. The dark stripes visible on Saturn are the shadows cast by the rings.

Credits: Cassini model by Reed Porter. SPICE trajectory add-on from Jason Perry.

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  • superb: I am also trying stuff like this with Celestia Program

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