March 9, 2005 - Cassini at Saturn by
Constantine Thomas, Planetary Scientist, Institute of Ocean Sciences.
This
talk summarised the exciting discoveries made by the
NASA Cassini
orbiter currently orbiting Saturn and the ESA Huygens Lander that landed on
Titan in February. The speaker talked about Saturn, its rings and its
satellites as revealed by new imagery. Hel also presented some of the
latest images returned by Cassini from the recent Titan and Enceladus flybys
in February.
Bio: I was born in London, England and have been interested
in astronomy and the planets since I was four years old. I am a planetary
scientist - I have a B.Sc in Exploration Geophysics from University College
London and a Ph.D. in Planetary Science from Lancaster University in the
north of England. I have been living in Canada since 2003 - I came over to
work as a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Ocean Science near
Sidney where I was modelling the internal structure of Callisto and Europa
and the possible thickness of any oceans under their icy surface.
