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Article: Cassini's Radar Spots Giant Crater on Titan.
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- February 17, 2005
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Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- A giant impact crater the size of Iowa was spotted on Saturn's moon Titan by NASA's Cassini radar instrument during Tuesday's Titan flyby.
Cassini flew within 1,577 kilometers (980 miles) of Titan's surface and its radar instrument took detailed images of the surface. This is the third close Titan flyby of the mission, which began in July 2004, and only the second time the radar instrument has examined Titan. Scientists see some things that look familiar, along with scenes that are completely new.
The new radar images are available at: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov ...