Cassini: the Grand Finale

Presenter(s): Dr John Wilkinson

Affiliation(s): ASV, BDAS

Session details: Sunday, 2018-04-01 02:00:00, MCON

Abstract

One of the most amazing space missions in history was the Cassini mission to explore Saturn and its moons. After almost 20 years in space NASA's Cassini spacecraft completed its mission in Sept 2017. The Grand Finale took place between April and September 2017. This presentation is a review of the mission especially focusing on the ten most significant discoveries of the mission. The last images of Saturn will be shown.

Biography

Dr John Wilkinson is a science educator and amateur astronomer who has written over 100 science textbooks including several on Astronomy. His main interests include the solar system, sun and moon. John is now retired but operates an observatory from Central Victoria. He is a member of the ASV and Bendigo Astronomical Society. He is a former science education lecturer at Latrobe University and teacher of Physics and Chemistry.