It gives further evidence of how Titan, despite its location
in orbit around a gas giant in the outer Solar System, is one of the most Earth - like objects ever studied.
However, according to The Verge, the maneuver will also cause Cassini to be within around 1,840 miles of Saturn's atmosphere — its closest
ever orbit around the gas giant and the height from which it will complete its 22 «Grand Finale» orbits.
Earlier this summer, the spacecraft made its first
full orbit around the gas giant — the first of 36 planned flybys during the 20 - month mission — flying 2,500 miles above the planet's dense clouds.
Because it's in an eccentric (i.e. non-circular)
orbit around its gas giant host, scientists think gravitational forces are causing Enceladus to twist and contort — and that those contortions are generating heat in the moon's rocky core.
Outnumbered, outgunned, and with their crippled vessel in a
decaying orbit around a gas giant, the Titanic's crew must choose between saving themselves... or saving Humanity.
That said, the concept of the «habitable zone» may be a bit of a misnomer, as life may be able to emerge outside of this area, such as on moons
in orbit around gas giants.