... is over 2 stories tall fully assembled, and the probe itself is only 2.7 meters in diameter. It is named after the 17th century astronomer, Jean Dominique Cassini, who discovered a large dark gap in the Saturn's rings, and the Huygens probe is named after the Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens, who discovered Titan in 1655. Scientists are excited about studying Titan in more detail ... /cassini/ November 10, 1998, "Great Space Place," Altavista, http://www.transatlantech.com/TPS/gsp-starssaturn.html November 15, 1998. Kuhn, Karl F., "In Quest of the Universe," Jones and Bartlett Publishe...

• Word Count: 3072
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School