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    Christiaan Huygens, who discovered Titan in 1655. The combined Cassini–Huygens spacecraft was launched from Earth on 15 October 1997. Huygens separated...
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    satellites. The Flagship-class robotic spacecraft comprised both NASA's Cassini space probe and ESA's Huygens lander, which landed on Saturn's largest...
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    not until Huygens used greater telescopic magnification that this notion was refuted, and the rings were truly seen for the first time. Huygens also discovered...
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  • Cassini–Huygens, mission to Saturn and Titan Huygens (spacecraft), the probe of above mission which landed on Saturn's moon Titan in 2005 2801 Huygens, an...
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    an extended foundation of knowledge about the system. The Cassini–Huygens spacecraft, launched in 1997, was in orbit from 2004 to 2017. A list of previous...
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  • Huygens is a Dutch patronymic surname, meaning "son of Hugo". Huygens may also refer to: Huygens (spacecraft), the probe which landed on Saturn's moon...
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    Titan (moon) (category Discoveries by Christiaan Huygens)
    was discovered on March 25, 1655, by the Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens. Huygens was inspired by Galileo's discovery of Jupiter's four largest moons...
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    satellites. The Flagship-class uncrewed robotic spacecraft comprised both NASA's Cassini probe, and ESA's Huygens lander which was designed to land on Saturn's...
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    14, 2019. Ralph Lorenz (2018). NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens: 1997 onwards (Cassini orbiter, Huygens probe and future exploration concepts) (Owners' Workshop...
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    Cassini–Huygens spacecraft sent to Saturn contained eighty-two of these units (in addition to three main RTGs for power generation). The associated Huygens probe...
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