PIA07235: Titan Descent


Titan Descent

Caption:

This picture is a composite of 30 images from ESA's Huygens probe. They were taken from an altitude varying from 13 kilometers down to 8 kilometers when the probe was descending towards its landing site.

The images have a resolution of about 20 meters per pixel and cover an area extending out to 30 kilometers.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Titan
System Saturn
Target Type Satellite
Mission Cassini-Huygens
Instrument Host Huygens Probe
Host Type Probe Lander
Instrument Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer (DISR)
Detector
Extra Keywords Grayscale
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2005-01-18
Date in Caption
Image Credit NASA/JPL/ESA/University of Arizona
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07235
Identifier PIA07235