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Interplanetary Cessna

January 30, 2013

Interplanetary Cessna

What would happen if you tried to fly an Interplanetary Cessna, a normal Earth airplane above our Solar System’s Planets or their moons? At this small images you can see what happens when the aircraft is trying to fly at 32 largest Planetary bodies.

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Dione, Epimetheus and Prometheus

January 19, 2012

Saturn's moon

Flying past Saturn’s moon Dione (left), Cassini captured this view with two smaller moons, Epimetheus and Prometheus, near the planet’s rings. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute.

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Rhea and Titan, Saturn’s largest moons

June 22, 2011

Rhea and Titan, Saturn s largest moons

A color-composite image of Rhea and Titan, Saturn’s largest moons. Made from raw images acquired by the Cassini spacecraft on June 16, 2011, this really shows the vast difference in size and appearance of the two moons.

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Saturn’s electric link with Enceladus

May 2, 2011

SaturnNASA is releasing the first images and sounds of an electrical connection between Saturn and one of its moons, Enceladus. The data collected by the agency’s Cassini spacecraft enable scientists to improve their understanding of the complex web of interaction between the planet and its numerous moons.
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Tyche: enormous rogue Planet

April 30, 2011

Tyche

Evidence gathered by NASA’S Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) telescope, suggests that a gas giant may be lurking in the Oort Cloud, the most remote part of the outer solar system which is believed to consist of icy comets. This would make it 375 times farther from the Sun than Pluto.
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The beauty of Saturn rings

February 19, 2011

Rings1aThe rings of Saturn are the most extensive planetary ring system of any planet in the Solar System. They consist of countless small particles, ranging in size from micrometres to metres, that form clumps that in turn orbit about Saturn.
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