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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
NASA’s Cassini mission is to study which planet?
A
Mercury
B
Mars
C
Saturn
D
Jupiter
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Cassini orbited Saturn, studying the ringed planet and its moons in detail. The Huygens probe landed on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, in January 2005.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cassini revealed Saturn’s moons to be unique worlds with their own stories to tell. Cassini showed us the complexity of Saturn’s rings and the dramatic processes operating within them. What Cassini found at Saturn prompted scientists to rethink their understanding of the solar system.

Detailed explanation-3: -A joint endeavor of NASA, ESA (the European Space Agency), and the Italian space agency (ASI), Cassini was a sophisticated robotic spacecraft sent to study Saturn and its complex system of rings and moons in unprecedented detail.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cassini’s decade-long mission made it possible to watch changes in Saturn’s dynamic ring system. The spacecraft discovered propeller-like formations, witnessed the possible birth of a new moon and observed what may be one of the most active, chaotic rings in our solar system (Saturn’s F ring).

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