Planetary Radio • Feb 23, 2016

Exploring Saturn With Cassini

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Linda Spilker

Voyager Mission Project Scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Cassini Mission Project Scientist Linda Spilker returns with the latest discoveries at the beautiful ringed planet, its moons and its rings. Emily Lakdawalla has assembled a crazy animation of distant Earth from a long dormant but just reawakened space camera. Bill Nye the Science Guy provides ample evidence that space has become a marketplace. A family of accomplished astronomers provides the answer to this week’s space trivia contest in our What’s Up segment, along with a new opportunity to win OK Go swag.

Saturn from Cassini
Saturn from Cassini Saturn from Cassini in 2004Image: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI / Processed and assembled by Kevin M. Gill
Red arcs on Tethys
Red arcs on Tethys Mysterious red streaks on Saturn’s moon Tethys imaged by the Cassini spacecraft.Image: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI

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This week's question:

In millions of kilometers, how far from the Sun is Mercury at its closest and farthest points in its orbit?

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Last week's question:

What is the peak wavelength of the Sun’s electromagnetic radiation to the nearest 100 nanometers?

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Question from the week before:

What was famous astronomer Herschel’s first and middle names?

Answer:

We’d have accepted Friedrich Wilhelm, Frederick William, Caroline Lucretia, or John Frederick William Herschel!