know any good websites?
2006-10-22 14:16:35 · 4 answers · asked by astro_dude 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The Huygens probe landed on Saturn's moon Titan and sent amazing pictures back from the surface. Cassini continues to orbit Saturn. Perhaps when it reaches the end of its useful existence it will be directed to descend to Saturn but as already said it probably won't land. It will burn up in Saturn's very deep atmosphere.
The Galileo probe was sent into Jupiter's atmosphere when it was "done" because its scientists didn't want it to stay in orbit where it might crash into one of the moons thus contaminating it for future study.
2006-10-22 14:34:55 · answer #1 · answered by rethinker 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Huygens probe landed on Titan. Cassini is still orbiting Saturn, and returning awesome pictures and other data. Here's the main website for the Cassini mission:
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm
2006-10-22 16:34:39 · answer #2 · answered by kris 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's actually impossible for anything to land ON Saturn, because unlike Earth, there is no solid matter (other than the rings, but that's all made up of rock, and not stable enough to land on). Saturn is totally gaseous, so there's nothing to land on.
2006-10-22 14:26:07 · answer #3 · answered by LizaChristine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never heard anything like that. I very much dount that it has landed on Saturn.
2006-10-22 14:24:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋