Editing Cassini–Huygens (section)

=== Titan flybys ===
[[File:PIA21923-Titan-SaturnMoon-InfraredViews-20180718.jpg|thumb|right|<div class="center"> Titan – infrared views (2004 – 2017)</div>]]
<!---[[File:Titan globe.jpg|thumb|[[Titan (moon)|Titan's]] surface was imaged by looking through the atmosphere in 2004, but some clouds remain visible.]]--->
''Cassini'' had its first flyby of [[Saturn's]] largest moon, [[Titan (moon)|Titan]], on July 2, 2004, a day after orbit insertion, when it approached to within {{convert|339000|km|abbr=on}} of Titan. Images taken through special filters (able to see through the moon's global haze) showed south polar clouds thought to be composed of [[methane]] and surface features with widely differing brightness. On October 27, 2004, the spacecraft executed the first of the 45 planned close flybys of Titan when it passed a mere {{cvt|1200|km|mi}} above the moon. Almost four [[gigabit]]s of data were collected and transmitted to Earth, including the first radar images of the moon's haze-enshrouded surface. It revealed the surface of Titan (at least the area covered by radar) to be relatively level, with topography reaching no more than about {{cvt|50|m|ft}} in altitude. The flyby provided a remarkable increase in imaging resolution over previous coverage. Images with up to 100 times better resolution were taken and are typical of resolutions planned for subsequent Titan flybys. Cassini collected pictures of Titan and the lakes of methane were similar to the lakes of water on Earth.