20 years celebration of the Huygens landing and the Cassini mission’s success

14:00 - 14:10 (10min)

Introduction from Paris Observatory President

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F. Casoli

14:10 - 14:20 (10min)

Introduction by LIRA Director

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M. Maksimovic

14:20 - 14:30 (10min)

Welcome and logistics

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A. Coustenis

14:30 - 16:30 (2h)

Huygens and Cassini celebration and historical aspects

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Part I - Chairs : A. Coustenis and M. Fulchignoni

14:30 - 15:15 (45min)

Historical aspects of the Cassini mission

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W. Ip, L. Spilker, D. Strobel

15:15 - 16:00 (45min)

History of the Huygens probe

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J-P. Lebreton, M. Fulchignoni, F. Raulin, M. Coradini

16:00 - 16:30 (30min)

Huygens Probe construction : design and development choices and their impact to the mission

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P. Couzin

16:30 - 16:50 (20min)

Coffee break

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16:50 - 18:05 (1h15)

Huygens and Cassini celebration and historical aspects

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Part II - Chairs : A. Coustenis and M. Fulchignoni

› Huygens 20-year anniversary: ESA's point of view - Olivier Witasse, ESA - ESTEC (Netherlands) - Jean-Pierre Lebreton, Université d'Orléans - Claudio Sollazzo, European Space Operations Center - Thierry Blancquaert, ESA - ESTEC (Netherlands) - Miguel Perez-Ayucar, European Space Astronomy Centre - Andrew Ball, ESA - ESTEC (Netherlands) - Louis Walpot, ESA - ESTEC (Netherlands) 16:50-17:15 (25min)

› France involvement on Huygens project - Francis Rocard, Centre national d'études spatiales 17:15-17:40 (25min)

17:40 - 18:05 (25min)

The ASI point of view

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E. Flamini

18:05 - 19:05 (1h)

Science results from Cassini-Huygens

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Chairs: A. Coustenis and M. Fulchignoni

› Recent insights into Titan's climate system from general circulation modeling - Juan Lora, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Yale University 18:25-18:45 (20min)

› Recent progress in the construction of accurate molecular line lists - Michael Rey, Groupe de spectrométrie moléculaire et atmosphérique 18:45-19:05 (20min)

19:15 - 20:30 (1h15)

Drinks reception

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