Several faint Saturn rings have been discovered in Cassini images. For the first time, Cassini images captured
possible evidence of processes that may maintain the winds on Saturn. The
observations offer a glimpse into the process which transfers energy by
convection from Saturn's interior to help sustain strong winds. It's dynamically
similar to Jupiter's, but in places it chemically resembles water-based
plasmas surrounding comets," said Dr.
But these new measurements at Saturn suggest there are lifeless processes
associated with cold icy surfaces that may produce an independent pathway for
the formation of molecular oxygen in atmospheres.

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The findings include wandering and
rubble -pile moons; new and clumpy Saturn rings; splintering storms and a
dynamic magnetosphere. Polydeuces is a Trojan moon of Dione.gov/cassini

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The findings were published
in the journal Science.

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"For the last seven months it has been a nonstop, science-packed mission. They are found near
gravitationally stable points, and Saturn is the only planet known to have
moons with companion Trojan moons. One intriguing result is the eccentric and slightly inclined
orbit of Pan in Saturn 's A ring.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European
and Italian Space Agencies.
The program also covers cosmochemical studies concerned with the formation and
chemical development of the solar system.nasa.

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They are similar to the moons that shepherd Saturn's F ring , Prometheus and
Pandora. The orbit's shape is significant, as it
indicates the type of interaction the moon has with the ring material
surrounding it. It also supports research aimed
toward understanding the geochemical nature of the solar system's bodies, such
as planets, Earth's moon, satellites of the outer planets, and small bodies.

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Another surprising find was made by the ion and neutral mass spectrometer
instrument, which measured molecular oxygen ions above Saturn's ring plane.

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NASA Awards Johns Hopkins Science Research Grant

WASHINGTON, NASA's Science Mission Directorate ,
Solar System Division, Washington, selected the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics
Laboratory, Laurel , Md.
The program supports research to conduct laboratory studies of a variety
of extraterrestrial materials such as meteorites, cosmic dust, and lunar
samples, which are cosmochemical in nature.

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He is Cassini principal
investigator for the plasma spectrometer instrument from the Southwest
Research Institute, San Antonio.gov/home

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nasa. The maximum grant value is $441,000.

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Some
lie in various gaps in the rings and may indicate the presence of tiny
embedded moons acting as shepherds .

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, for a grant to support the agency's Cosmochemistry
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Scientists also found Saturn's winds change with altitude, and small
storms emerge out of large ones.
"This is at first surprising since the rings are made of water ice," said Dr.

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It has been a whirlwind, and already we have many new results," said Dr.
The new findings include refinements in the orbits of several of Saturn's
small satellites. Several of the rings are kinked, likely
evidence of nearby moons.
The abundance of molecular oxygen on Earth is uniquely tied to biology.

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This may help explain the eccentric paths of planets
orbiting other stars.
Other results improve the understanding of Saturn's complex magnetic
environment . "Saturn's magnetosphere is truly unique.
Hunter Waite, principal investigator for the spectrometer from the University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor. "This may have important consequences for the
identification of spectral features to use in the search for life on
extrasolar terrestrial planet systems," he added.

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Another discovery was a tiny moon, about three miles across, recently
named Polydeuces.

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Weak, linear density waves caused in Saturn's rings by the small moons
Atlas and Pan have yielded more reliable calculations of their masses. The
masses imply the moons are very porous, perhaps constructed like rubble piles. If Pan's orbit remains eccentric due to this interaction, then
planets growing in a disc of material surrounding a star may also have
eccentric orbits.gov

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WASHINGTON, NASA's Cassini spacecraft continues
making new and exciting discoveries. For information about the Cassini mission on the
Web, visit:

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The research also supports the Vision for Space Exploration , NASA's long-
term plan to return astronauts to the moon and extend exploration to Mars and
beyond .

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Dennis Matson, Cassini project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Pasadena, Calif .nasa.