Introduction to Grand Finale

What is/are Grand Finale?

Grand Finale - Following a chain of catastrophes mainly caused by human abuse, Mother Nature reacts in a grand finale with all the volcanoes erupting, blocking the sun, blocking life. ^[1] Cassini’s Grand Finale orbits brought us historical first in-situ measurements of Saturn’s ionosphere, showing that it contains dusty plasma in the equatorial region. ^[2] A surprising and unexpected phenomenon observed during Cassini’s Grand Finale was the spacecraft charging to positive potentials in Saturn’s ionosphere. ^[3] Third and finally, I will analyze the final scenes of these three biopics in detail, as each presents a grand finale musical performance that seems to resolve the contradictions of the triumph and tragedy in their subject’s lives, yet in significantly different ways. ^[4] Odyssey's mission would end by conducting a Cassini-like “Grand Finale,” passing inside the rings and ultimately taking a final great plunge into Neptune's atmosphere. ^[5] The book includes the summaries of the projects selected for the grand finale event of the international student competition UrbanFarm2019 and selected interviews with the international jury of the challenge. ^[6] And we must admit that a considerable degree of uncertainty remains about some of the fundamental questions of Saturn’s rings: how did they form? How old are they? How long will they last? What did they look like 1, 10, or 100 million years ago? What will they look like 10 million years from now? Was Saturn merely lucky to win the planetary rings jackpot, or is there something about its place in the solar system that makes it the best place for a broad, massive set of rings to set up shop? We will explore the answers to these questions in chapter 6 thanks to a broad set of intriguing measurements made by Cassini during its Grand Finale. ^[7] Cassini's Grand Finale orbits afforded a unique opportunity to directly sample magnetic field lines connected to the main rings. ^[8] The small step that astronaut Neil Armstrong took from the lunar lander onto the surface of the moon signified the giant leap forward for human innovation—the grand finale of the 1960s’ technological progress that simultaneously closed a major chapter of the technopolitical rivalry of the Cold War. ^[9] During the Grand Finale Phase of Cassini, the Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph on board the spacecraft detected repeated detached small-scale auroral structures. ^[10] In 2017, the Cassini mission Grand Finale provided hints at the total mass of Saturn's ring system, constraining the age of the rings: they could actually be about 200 million years old or even younger. ^[11] This mystery has been recently unraveled by the accurate gravity measurements provided by the Juno mission to Jupiter and the Grand Finale of the Cassini mission to Saturn. ^[12] Spectacular results from Cassini’s Grand Finale have provided constraints on the characteristics and evolutionary processes of Saturn’s rings. ^[13] The Team ‘AndroDigi’ was shortlisted for Grand Finale of Smart India Hackathon 2019 which was held on 2nd and 3rd March 2019. ^[14] The previous four projects focused on practical uses for the Tinker Board, but for the grand finale we're going to stray a bit from the practical and build a simple robot that can be operated via a custom Bluetooth controller and will stream video. ^[15] I had to remain still, silent, so that she may carry on with her monologue, the long unfolding of her sorrows, without any pause, any sigh, any grand finale. ^[16] During the Grand Finale phase of its mission, Cassini passed between the inner edge of Saturn’s D ring and the cloud top, enabling the measurement of the ring mass. ^[17] RATIONALE During its ring grazing orbits and Grand Finale, the Cassini spacecraft passed very close to Saturn’s main rings and obtained very high–spatial-resolution images, spectral scans, and temperature scans. ^[18] METHODS Fluid balance and thermoregulatory responses was measured in six (3 male, 3 female) national-level triathletes competing at the ITU World Triathlon Grand Finale in ambient temperatures of 19-20 °C (relative humidity (RH) ~55%). ^[19] We present Keck-NIRSPEC observations of Saturn's H3+ aurora taken over a period of a month, in support of the Cassini mission's ‘Grand Finale’. ^[20] The conference marked the grand finale for the cross-campus joint project “East Asian Alliance/Global Vision: Asian American Studies in Asia” funded by Taiwan’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST). ^[21]

grand finale orbit

Cassini’s Grand Finale orbits brought us historical first in-situ measurements of Saturn’s ionosphere, showing that it contains dusty plasma in the equatorial region. ^[1] Cassini's Grand Finale orbits afforded a unique opportunity to directly sample magnetic field lines connected to the main rings. ^[2]

grand finale phase

During the Grand Finale Phase of Cassini, the Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph on board the spacecraft detected repeated detached small-scale auroral structures. ^[1] During the Grand Finale phase of its mission, Cassini passed between the inner edge of Saturn’s D ring and the cloud top, enabling the measurement of the ring mass. ^[2]