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NASA’s Cassini Finds Saturn’s Moon Phoebe Has Planet-Like Qualities

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2012.  Data from NASA’s Cassini mission reveal Saturn’s moon Phoebe has more planet-like qualities than previously thought.

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Scientists had their first close-up look at Phoebe when Cassini began exploring the Saturn system in 2004. Using data from multiple spacecraft instruments and a computer model of the moon’s chemistry, geophysics and geology, scientists found Phoebe was a so-called planetesimal, or remnant planetary building block. The findings appear in the April issue of the Journal…

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