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Cassini
Titan Flyby (T-76) - May 8, 2011

T-76: Eyes on Adiri

During this flyby, the visible and infrared mapping spectrometer (VIMS)
is prime at closest approach and will acquire high resolution images of
Adiri and its limits with the surrounding dune fields. The imaging
science subsystem will ride along with VIMS to acquire high-resolution
images at low phase angle. Later during the flyby (but after closest
approach), VIMS will stare at Titan to continue its mapping of the cloud
coverage in order to detect any seasonal change in the cloud
distribution before and after the equinox. ISS will ride along with VIMS
to acquire regional- and global-scale observations of Titan's
trailing/anti-Saturnian hemisphere, including western Belet and Senkyo.
ISS will also monitor Titan's haze and clouds over a period of 19-plus
hours while riding along with the ultraviolet imaging spectrograph
(UVIS), VIMS and the composite infrared spectrometer (CIRS).

The flyby is also of interest to the fields and particles instruments.
T-76 is a post-dusk, upstream equatorial flyby at 1,863 kilometer
altitude, similar to the prime mission T-34 flyby. During T-76 the
magnetometer (MAG) will investigate the structure of Titan's induced
magnetosphere along the ram (i.e., the direction of spacecraft motion)
direction while being on the dayside, a geometry which is ideal for
pressure balance studies.

Titan Flyby at a Glance
	 
Titan Flyby
May 8, 2011
10:54 p.m. SCET
3:54 p.m. PDT

Altitude
1,873 kilometers (1,164 miles)

Speed
5.9 km/sec (13,000 mph)

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