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Huygens (/ ˈ h ɔɪ ɡ ən z / HOY-gənz) was an atmospheric entry robotic space probe that landed successfully on Saturn's moon Titan in 2005. Built and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), launched by NASA, it was part of the Cassini–Huygens mission and became the first spacecraft to land on Titan and the farthest landing from Earth a spacecraft has ever made. [3]
The Huygens probe, supplied by the European Space Agency (ESA) and named after the 17th century Dutch astronomer who first discovered Titan, Christiaan Huygens, scrutinized the clouds, atmosphere, and surface of Saturn's moon Titan in its descent on January 15, 2005. It was designed to enter and brake in Titan's atmosphere and parachute a fully ...
Titan orbits Saturn at 20 Saturn radii or 1,200,000 km above Saturn's apparent surface. From Titan's surface, Saturn subtends an arc of 5.09 degrees, and if it were visible through the moon's thick atmosphere, it would appear 11.4 times larger in the sky, in diameter, than the Moon from Earth, which subtends 0.48° of arc.
Scientists finally have a comprehensive view of Titan, Saturn's largest moon. A team of astronomers has created the first global map of Titan by using the Cassini probe's over 100 fly-bys to ...
NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which explored Saturn and its icy moons, including the majestic Titan, ended its mission with a death plunge into the giant ringed planet in 2017. Cassini's radar ...
Saturn orbiter and Titan probe [20] Saturn: Deorbited 2017: 1997–2017 Venera 15 & 16: 5,300 kg (11,684 lb) Venus orbiter: Venus: Retired: 1983–1985 Venera 10: 5,033 kg (11,096 lb) Venus orbiter & lander: Venus: Last contact 1976: 1975–1976 Tianwen-1: 5,000 kg (11,023 lb) Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter, deployable and remote cameras, lander and ...
That mystery changed in 2005 when the Cassini space probe arrived in orbit around Saturn and detached the Huygens lander, built by the European Space Agency, which penetrated Titan’s atmosphere ...
This is a list of named geological features on Saturn's moon Titan. Official names for these features have only been announced since the 2000s, as Titan's surface was virtually unknown before the arrival of the Cassini–Huygens probe. [1] [2] Some features were known by informal nicknames beforehand; these names are noted where appropriate ...