Cassini's Tour of Saturn's Magnetosphere

Below is the Cassini-Huygens Mission "Petal Plot"with both aerial and edge-on views. This plot outlines the tour of the spacecraft around Saturn, Titan and the icy satellites. Provided by JPL.

Trajectory Segments:

Cassini trajectory data in Saturn Solar System or Saturn Solar Equatorial (SSEq) (AKA as Saturn Geographic) coordinates in units of Saturn radii and degrees. Saturn centered coordinate system, Z along spin axis, X-Z plane contains the Sun, and Y completes the right-handed set. R is the Saturn -> S/C distance. Saturn -> S/C distance. (Rs = 62,268km).

• January 16, 2005 Periapse c999 (xy view) Periapse c999 (3d view) Periapse c999 (yz view)
• February 17, 2005 Periapse 003 (xy view) Periapse 003 (3d view) Periapse 003 (yz view)
• March 9, 2005 Periapse 004 (xy view) Periapse 004 (3d view) Periapse 004 (yz view)
• March 29, 2005 Periapse 005 (xy view) Periapse 005 (3d view) Periapse 005 (yz view)
• April 14, 2005 Periapse 006 (xy view) Periapse 006 (3d view) Periapse 006 (yz view)
• May 3, 2005 Periapse 007 (xy view) Periapse 007 (3d view) Periapse 007 (yz view)
• May 21, 2005 Periapse 008 (xy view) Periapse 008 (3d view) Periapse 008 (yz view)
• June 8, 2005 Periapse 009 (xy view) Periapse 009 (3d view) Periapse 009 (yz view)
• June 26, 2005 Periapse 010 (xy view) Periapse 010 (3d view) Periapse 010 (yz view)
• July 14, 2005 Periapse 011 (xy view) Periapse 011 (3d view) Periapse 011 (yz view)
• August 2, 2005 Periapse 012 (xy view) Periapse 012 (3d view) Periapse 012 (yz view)
• August 20, 2005 Periapse 013 (xy view) Periapse 013 (3d view) Periapse 013 (yz view)
• September 5, 2005 Periapse 014 (xy view) Periapse 014 (3d view) Periapse 014 (yz view)
• September 24, 2005 Periapse 015 (xy view) Periapse 015 (3d view) Periapse 015 (yz view)
• October 12, 2005 Periapse 016 (xy view) Periapse 016 (3d view) Periapse 016 (yz view)
• October 29, 2005 Periapse 017 (xy view) Periapse 017 (3d view) Periapse 017 (yz view)
• Novemeber 27, 2005 Periapse 018 (xy view) Periapse 018 (3d view) Periapse 018 (yz view)
• December 24, 2005 Periapse 019 (xy view) Periapse 019 (3d view) Periapse 019 (yz view)
• January 17, 2006 Periapse 020 (xy view) Periapse 020 (3d view) Periapse 020 (yz view)
• February 25, 2006 Periapse 021 (xy view) Periapse 021 (3d view) Periapse 021 (yz view)
• March 20, 2006 Periapse 022 (xy view) Periapse 022 (3d view) Periapse 022 (yz view)
• April 28, 2006 Periapse 023 (xy view) Periapse 023 (3d view) Periapse 023 (yz view)
• May 22, 2006 Periapse 024 (xy view) Periapse 024 (3d view) Periapse 024 (yz view)
• June 30, 2006 Periapse 025 (xy view) Periapse 025 (3d view) Periapse 025 (yz view)
• July 23, 2006 Periapse 026 (xy view) Periapse 026 (3d view) Periapse 026 (yz view)
• August 16, 2006 Periapse 027 (xy view) Periapse 027 (3d view) Periapse 027 (yz view)
• September 9, 2006 Periapse 028 (xy view) Periapse 028 (3d view) Periapse 028 (yz view)
• September 25, 2006 Periapse 029 (xy view) Periapse 029 (3d view) Periapse 029 (yz view)

Distance To Saturn at Closest Approach Times:

Periapse c999 Periapse 003 Periapse 004 Periapse 005 Periapse 006 Periapse 007 Periapse 008 Periapse 009 Periapse 010 Periapse 011 Periapse 012 Periapse 013 Periapse 014 Periapse 015

Periapse 016 Periapse 017 Periapse 018 Periapse 019 Periapse 020 Periapse 021 Periapse 022 Periapse 023 Periapse 024 Periapse 025 Periapse 026 Periapse 027 Periapse 028 Periapse 029

OH Neutral Density Plots:

Periapse c999 Periapse 003 Periapse 004 Periapse 005 Periapse 006 Periapse 007 Periapse 008 Periapse 009 Periapse 010 Periapse 011 Periapse 012 Periapse 013 Periapse 014 Periapse 015

Periapse 016 Periapse 017 Periapse 018 Periapse 019 Periapse 020 Periapse 021 Periapse 022 Periapse 023 Periapse 024 Periapse 025 Periapse 026 Periapse 027 Periapse 028 Periapse 029

Icy Satellites Water Neutral Density Plots:

• Model based on R.E. Johnson ioniz. rates using Barbosa ion lifetimes (JGR 98, 9335, 1993)

Periapse c999 Periapse 003 Periapse 004 Periapse 005 Periapse 006 Periapse 007 Periapse 008 Periapse 009 Periapse 010 Periapse 011 Periapse 012 Periapse 013 Periapse 014 Periapse 015

Periapse 016 Periapse 017 Periapse 018 Periapse 019 Periapse 020 Periapse 021 Periapse 022 Periapse 023 Periapse 024 Periapse 025 Periapse 026 Periapse 027 Periapse 028 Periapse 029

Icy Satellites Water Ion Density Plots:

• Model based on R.E. Johnson ioniz. rates using Barbosa ion lifetimes (JGR 98, 9335, 1993)

Periapse c999 Periapse 003 Periapse 004 Periapse 005 Periapse 006 Periapse 007 Periapse 008 Periapse 009 Periapse 010 Periapse 011 Periapse 012 Periapse 013 Periapse 014 Periapse 015

Periapse 016 Periapse 017 Periapse 018 Periapse 019 Periapse 020 Periapse 021 Periapse 022 Periapse 023 Periapse 024 Periapse 025 Periapse 026 Periapse 027 Periapse 028 Periapse 029

Water Neutral Densities in the Rings:

(Sharp edges in the plots are due to the trajectory grazing the rings.)

Periapse c999 does not cross the rings Periapse 003 Periapse 004 Periapse 005 Periapse 006 Periapse 007 Periapse 008 Periapse 009 Periapse 010 Periapse 011 Periapse 012 Periapse 013 Periapse 014 Periapse 015

Periapse 016 Periapse 017 does not cross the rings Periapse 018 does not cross the rings Periapse 019 does not cross the rings Periapse 020 does not cross the rings Periapse 021 does not cross the rings Periapse 022 does not cross the rings Periapse 023 does not cross the rings Periapse 024 does not cross the rings Periapse 025 does not cross the rings Periapse 026 does not cross the rings Periapse 027 does not cross the rings Periapse 028 Periapse 029 does not cross the rings

Water Ion Densities in the Rings:

Periapse c999 does not cross the rings Periapse 003 Periapse 004 Periapse 005 Periapse 006 Periapse 007 Periapse 008 Periapse 009 Periapse 010 Periapse 011 Periapse 012 Periapse 013 Periapse 014 Periapse 015

Periapse 016 Periapse 017 does not cross the rings Periapse 018 does not cross the rings Periapse 019 does not cross the rings Periapse 020 does not cross the rings Periapse 021 does not cross the rings Periapse 022 does not cross the rings Periapse 023 does not cross the rings Periapse 024 does not cross the rings Periapse 025 does not cross the rings Periapse 026 does not cross the rings Periapse 027 does not cross the rings Periapse 028 Periapse 029 does not cross the rings

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