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   Henry Spencer to iain-3@truecircuits.com   
   Re: Is Huygens landing on the daylit or    
   13 Jan 05 22:30:43   
   
   From: henry@spsystems.net   
      
   In article <1105485183.648177.55940@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,   
     wrote:   
   >I hope it's the daylit side...   
      
   Yes, because (among other reasons) they want to get images of the Sun on   
   the way down for measuring the atmospheric haze.   
      
   Mind you, Huygens has its own landing light, which will be turned on just   
   before touchdown.  (The spectral characteristics of surface sunlight are   
   poorly-known, and they want a light source of known spectrum for a look   
   at the surface material.)   
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