Saturn satellites as seen by Cassini Mission
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...................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................ 3 The Cassini Mission payload and data ......................................................................................................................... 4 Satellites origin and bulk characteristics ...................................................................................................................... 6 Phoebe ................................................................................................................................................................................ 9 Enceladus .......................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Titan................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Dunes ................................................................................................................................................................................ 12 Craters ............................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Fluvial features .................................................................................................................................................................. 13 Tectonic features .............................................................................................................................................................. 13 Lakes ................................................................................................................................................................................. 13 Cryovolcanism ................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Asynchronous rotation...................................................................................................................................................... 14 Concluding remarks ................................................................................................................................................... 17 References ................................................................................................................................................................. 18
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