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Date: 26 Apr 2007 08:52:24
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Subject: Caltech Lecture: Cassini-Huygens at Saturn
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Caltech New Release
For Immediate Release
April 25, 2007
Watson Lecture: Cassini-Huygens at Saturn
PASADENA, Calif.--Saturn's iconic image as a ringed planet is both
the symbol and the product of scientific discovery. For millennia the
planet appeared to be just a drifting dot in the heavens, until a
primitive telescope showed Galileo Galilei that Saturn had "ears."
Since then each closer view of the planet with better technology has
exposed new and unexpected features.
The current Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn has already produced a
string of new discoveries, changing our understanding of the planet's
diverse rings and moons, and yielding insight into the early history
of Earth and our solar system. Dennis Matson of the California
Institute of Technology and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory will
describe some of these findings on Wednesday, April 25, in the third
program of the winter/spring 2007 Earnest C. Watson Lecture Series.
"It was a real shock when the Huygens probe landed on Titan, Saturn's
largest moon, and the landscape that it found looked very much like
that of a stream-produced alluvial fan," Matson said. "So far away
and yet so much like the Earth!"
Matson will present his lecture, "Cassini-Huygens at Saturn:
Discovery of New Worlds, Some Familiar and Some Alien," at 8 p.m. in
Beckman Auditorium, 332 S. Michigan Avenue, south of Del Mar
Boulevard, on the Caltech campus in Pasadena. Seating is available on
a free, no-ticket-required, first-come, first-served basis.
Matson is a senior research scientist at JPL, and also project
scientist for the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and Titan.
Cassini-Huygens is a joint project between NASA, the European Space
Agency (ESA), and the Italian Space Agency.
Caltech has offered the Watson Lecture Series since 1922, when the
late Caltech physicist Earnest Watson conceived it as a way to
explain science to the local community.
For more information, call (626) 395-4652. Outside the greater
Pasadena
area, call toll-free, 1(888) 2CALTECH (1-888-222-5832).
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Contact: John Avery
(626) 395-8736
jfavery@caltech.edu
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Date: 26 Apr 2007 13:14:18
From: Coppy Littlehouse
Subject: Re: Caltech Lecture: Cassini-Huygens at Saturn
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You posted an invite to a lecture for the 25th on the 26th ? The
lecture was yesterday. Thanks.
On Apr 26, 8:52 am, baa...@earthlink.net wrote:
> Caltech New Release
> For Immediate Release
> April 25, 2007
>
> Watson Lecture: Cassini-Huygens at Saturn
>
> PASADENA, Calif.--Saturn's iconic image as a ringed planet is both
> the symbol and the product of scientific discovery. For millennia the
> planet appeared to be just a drifting dot in the heavens, until a
> primitive telescope showed Galileo Galilei that Saturn had "ears."
> Since then each closer view of the planet with better technology has
> exposed new and unexpected features.
>
> The current Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn has already produced a
> string of new discoveries, changing our understanding of the planet's
> diverse rings and moons, and yielding insight into the early history
> of Earth and our solar system. Dennis Matson of the California
> Institute of Technology and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory will
> describe some of these findings on Wednesday, April 25, in the third
> program of the winter/spring 2007 Earnest C. Watson Lecture Series.
>
> "It was a real shock when the Huygens probe landed on Titan, Saturn's
> largest moon, and the landscape that it found looked very much like
> that of a stream-produced alluvial fan," Matson said. "So far away
> and yet so much like the Earth!"
>
> Matson will present his lecture, "Cassini-Huygens at Saturn:
> Discovery of New Worlds, Some Familiar and Some Alien," at 8 p.m. in
> Beckman Auditorium, 332 S. Michigan Avenue, south of Del Mar
> Boulevard, on the Caltech campus in Pasadena. Seating is available on
> a free, no-ticket-required, first-come, first-served basis.
>
> Matson is a senior research scientist at JPL, and also project
> scientist for the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and Titan.
> Cassini-Huygens is a joint project between NASA, the European Space
> Agency (ESA), and the Italian Space Agency.
>
> Caltech has offered the Watson Lecture Series since 1922, when the
> late Caltech physicist Earnest Watson conceived it as a way to
> explain science to the local community.
>
> For more information, call (626) 395-4652. Outside the greater
> Pasadena
> area, call toll-free, 1(888) 2CALTECH (1-888-222-5832).
>
> ###
>
> Contact: John Avery
> (626) 395-8736
> jfav...@caltech.edu
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Date: 30 Apr 2007 20:31:39
From: robert casey
Subject: Re: Caltech Lecture: Cassini-Huygens at Saturn
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Coppy Littlehouse wrote:
> You posted an invite to a lecture for the 25th on the 26th ? The
> lecture was yesterday. Thanks.
>
Ah, cut him a little slack. Maybe it was something stupid like a
computer newtork crash, and the timely post didn't make it to the
outside world until too late. Usenet posts are not likely a top
priority for the sys adms there...
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Date: 29 Apr 2007 23:49:08
From: Knap
Subject: Re: Caltech Lecture: Cassini-Huygens at Saturn
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nevertheless it was a stunning achievement I still revel at -
maybe its just me but it seemed to represent a hallmark event
in celestial navigation and technology that should become the
standard for future operations and opportunities ?
Coppy Littlehouse wrote:
> You posted an invite to a lecture for the 25th on the 26th ? The
> lecture was yesterday. Thanks.
>
> On Apr 26, 8:52 am, baa...@earthlink.net wrote:
> > Caltech New Release
> > For Immediate Release
> > April 25, 2007
> >
> > Watson Lecture: Cassini-Huygens at Saturn
> >
> > PASADENA, Calif.--Saturn's iconic image as a ringed planet is both
> > the symbol and the product of scientific discovery. For millennia the
> > planet appeared to be just a drifting dot in the heavens, until a
> > primitive telescope showed Galileo Galilei that Saturn had "ears."
> > Since then each closer view of the planet with better technology has
> > exposed new and unexpected features.
> >
> > The current Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn has already produced a
> > string of new discoveries, changing our understanding of the planet's
> > diverse rings and moons, and yielding insight into the early history
> > of Earth and our solar system. Dennis Matson of the California
> > Institute of Technology and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory will
> > describe some of these findings on Wednesday, April 25, in the third
> > program of the winter/spring 2007 Earnest C. Watson Lecture Series.
> >
> > "It was a real shock when the Huygens probe landed on Titan, Saturn's
> > largest moon, and the landscape that it found looked very much like
> > that of a stream-produced alluvial fan," Matson said. "So far away
> > and yet so much like the Earth!"
> >
> > Matson will present his lecture, "Cassini-Huygens at Saturn:
> > Discovery of New Worlds, Some Familiar and Some Alien," at 8 p.m. in
> > Beckman Auditorium, 332 S. Michigan Avenue, south of Del Mar
> > Boulevard, on the Caltech campus in Pasadena. Seating is available on
> > a free, no-ticket-required, first-come, first-served basis.
> >
> > Matson is a senior research scientist at JPL, and also project
> > scientist for the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and Titan.
> > Cassini-Huygens is a joint project between NASA, the European Space
> > Agency (ESA), and the Italian Space Agency.
> >
> > Caltech has offered the Watson Lecture Series since 1922, when the
> > late Caltech physicist Earnest Watson conceived it as a way to
> > explain science to the local community.
> >
> > For more information, call (626) 395-4652. Outside the greater
> > Pasadena
> > area, call toll-free, 1(888) 2CALTECH (1-888-222-5832).
> >
> > ###
> >
> > Contact: John Avery
> > (626) 395-8736
> > jfav...@caltech.edu
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