Saturn Hailstorm

[Whitters]

NASA Science News for July 9, 2004

When Cassini reached Saturn On June 30th, it dashed through a gap in Saturn's rings, twice. One of onboard science instruments recorded a flurry of ring-dust harmlessly striking the spacecraft. Read today's story and listen to sounds--like "hail hitting a tin roof."

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/09jul_hailstorm.htm?list907772