APOD
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
A Portrait of Saturn from Titan
Explanation: The above artistic portrait of Saturn depicts how it might look from Titan , Saturn's largest moon. In the foreground sits ESA's Huygens probe , which will be released by NASA's Cassini spacecraft . The Cassini mission to Saturn in currently planned for launch in late 1997. Cassini will reach Saturn in 2004 and will release the Huygens probe later that year. Titan is one of only two moons in the Solar System to have an atmosphere, It has been suggested Titan might have gasoline-like lakes , and may even harbor life .
| Date | July 16, 1996 |
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| Credit | Credit: ESA, NASA |
| Authors & editors: | Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) |
| A service of: |
ASD at NASA / GSFC, NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U. |