An icy Titanic encounter
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Uploaded by TheBadAstronomer on Nov 8, 2011
I took images from NASA's Cassini Saturn probe and put them together to make an animation of the giant moon Titan slipping behind the tinier, icy moon Enceladus. You can see some details in Titan's atmosphere as the smaller moon slides past it, and I describe how the motions work.
Note: During the sequence Cassini switched filters, changing the way Titan looks. I didn't compensate for any of that; these are raw images right off the spacecraft!
Original blog post with more info: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/11/08/an-icy-titanic-enco...
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
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Always look forward to your videos!
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Way cool
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dude I saw you on National Geographic
I was like "he looks like a person I saw on youtube" lol
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cool :)
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are there any similar image sequences that show titan occulting another moon, Saturn, or even the Sun? that would really show off titans atmosphere
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More videos please!!!!!!!! Respectfully of course ;)
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That is really cool, mind blowing stuff, the way you showed the coin and ball was a perfect way of describing what is happening... Many thanks !
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My apologies if this has been asked already.
Enceladus seems to be wobbling. Is that because of movement on Cassini's part, or is something else going on?
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Does Titan appear to be moving faster because of its mass or orbital circumference?
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I wish you're my Science Teacher. (sigh!)
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I love your geeky enthusiasm. It's contagious. =)
TheAtheistSwede 3 months ago 69
That's no moon, that's a space - oh wait, it's a moon. :-)
Very cool animation, and amazing indeed!
MarcJX8P 3 months ago 31