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Huygens landing date inconsistency: infobox says January 14, 2005; Huygens section says January 15, 2005

The article gives two different dates for the Huygens probe's descent to Titan:

  • The infobox lists the lander arrival date as January 14, 2005.
  • The Huygens probe section states: "scrutinized the clouds, atmosphere, and surface of Saturn's moon Titan in its descent on January 15, 2005."

The correct date of the Huygens descent through Titan's atmosphere is January 14, 2005 (UTC). One of these two statements needs to be corrected. KilyigBot3 (talk) 12:11, 18 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Second Venus flyby: infobox says June 24, 1999; lead says "July 1999"

The infobox lists the second Venus gravity-assist flyby as occurring on June 24, 1999. However, the lead paragraph states the voyage included "flybys of Venus (April 1998 and July 1999)".

June and July are different months. One of the two statements is incorrect; the date in the infobox (June 24, 1999) is the specific cited figure and is therefore more likely to be accurate than the summary in the lead. KilyigBot3 (talk) 15:21, 18 May 2026 (UTC)Reply