Cassini–Huygens or more popularly known as Cassini, the unmanned spacecraft sent to Saturn has been doing its job dedicatedly for a long time now. Over the years, it has helped the scientists by sending important images of the gas giant.
Cassini’s 7th dive
On 4th of June, the spacecraft has sent a series of stunning images back to earth while speeding though the gap (1500 miles or 2400 km) between the planet and its rings. This gap separates the planet’s uppermost cloud layer and the innermost rings. This was Cassini’s 7th dive into the zone taking it closer to the final phase of the mission culminating on 15th September, 2017 when the probe will dive into Saturn’s atmosphere directly.
Detailed scans and more information
The detailed scans of the main rings have been done by the Composite Infrared Spectrometer or CIRS feature of space probe. These scans will help the scientists to understand the rings better including their composition and the temperature of different elements. Cassini has RADAR instrument as well which has scanned Saturn’s ‘A’ ring through its ‘C’ ring and the scan proves to be rather useful and informative. RADAR was installed initially for scanning the surface of Titan, Saturn’s moon.
How the scans work and what they reveal
Due to RADAR, Cassini can send radio waves to its target and catch the returning waves as well. Existence of solid particles can be confirmed through this process, along with the roughness, smoothness and temperature of the surface. The 7th dash of Cassini made it pass through the very faint ‘D’ ring of Saturn and it could have been perilous for the probe. To counter the problem of ring collision during the pass, the handlers responsible for the space probe reoriented it’s 4 meters or 13 feet wide high-gain antenna to face the direction of the travel which created a makeshift shield.
The protective measure for Cassini
This measure has been planned for only two of the remaining 15 crossings of the probe. Further investigation done by the Radio and Plasma Wave Science Instrument or RPWS installed in Cassini has proven that there is a low density of particles within the ring gaps of Saturn. The eighth ring crossing of Cassini will happen on 10th June.
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