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Astronomical Observability of the Cassini Entry into Saturn

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 2017-08-18 v1
Authors: Ralph Lorenz
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Abstract

The Cassini spacecraft will enter Saturn's atmosphere on 15th September 2017. This event may be visible from Earth as a 'meteor' flash, and entry dynamics simulations and results from observation of spacecraft entries at Earth are summarized to develop expectations for astronomical observability

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Cassini spacecraft Saturn entry astronomical observability entry dynamics spacecraft entry

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@article{arxiv.1708.05036,
  title  = {Astronomical Observability of the Cassini Entry into Saturn},
  author = {Ralph Lorenz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.05036},
  year   = {2017}
}

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10 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables

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