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Cassini Cosmic Dust Analyser
14 APR. 2016 publication date 2642 Views

Artist impression of the Cassini spacecraft with Saturn (not to scale), with the Cosmic Dust Analyser highlighted.

The dust grain shown is not a true representative of what the Cosmic Dust Analyser detects; shown here is an interplanetary dust particle, likely originating from a comet or asteroid, collected in Earth’s atmosphere, and used for illustration only.

Credits

ESA; dust grain inset: NASA/JPL; Saturn image: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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ESA Standard Licence

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