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Cassini MIMI Investigation at Fundamental Technologies

 

Numerical Computation of Energy-Dependent Geometric Factors of E and F Electron Detectors of CASSINI/MIMI/LEMMS

 

Technical Report by Xiaodong Hong and Thomas P. Armstrong, May 10, 1997

 

Appendix B Distribution of the Escaped Electrons

 

The following tables show the distributions of the escaped electrons of different energies from the E detector with the first magnetic field simulation.  The trajectories of the number marked with * are drawn and shown in Appendix C.

 

 

 

Next: Appendix C Trajectory Drawings

 

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QUICK FACTS

Manufacturer: The Cassini spacecraft was manufactured by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the Huygens Probe was manufactured by Thales Alenia Space.

Mission Duration: The Cassini-Huygens mission launched on October 15 1997, and ended on September 15 2017.

Destination: Cassini's destination was Saturn and its moons. The destination of the Huygens Probe's was Saturn's moon Titan.

Orbit: Cassini orbited Saturn for 13 years before diving between its rings and colliding with the planet on September 15th, 2017.