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   chosp to All   
   Re: Titan surface image   
   19 Jan 05 13:58:08   
   
   XPost: sci.astro   
   From: chosp@cox.net   
      
   "Informer"  wrote in message   
   news:sFlHd.1864$Ju1.29@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...   
   > Was this one image taken from the surface the ONLY one taken?  I thought   
   > the   
   > probe could do a 360 degree pan.   
      
   The 360 degree pan occured because Huygens was rotating   
   as it decended. The cameras, however were fixed in place.   
   When it landed the rotation stopped. Hence, no more pan.   
      
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