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Mimas Against the Rings
Mimas Against the Rings
This image was taken in 2005 by NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute. Space can be such a stunningly beautiful and interesting place.
During its close flyby of Saturn’s moon Mimas on Aug. 2, 2005, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft caught a glimpse of Mimas against the broad expanse of Saturn’s rings.
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During its close flyby of Saturn’s moon Mimas on Aug. 2, 2005, Cassini caught a glimpse of Mimas…
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Daphnis and the Rings of Saturn
Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Space Science Institute, Cassini
Explanation: What's happening to the rings of Saturn? Nothing much, just a little moon making waves. The moon is 8-kilometer Daphnis and it is making waves in the Keeler Gap of Saturn's rings using just its gravity -- as it bobs up and down, in and out. The featured image is a wide-field version of a previously released image taken last month by the robotic Cassini spacecraft during one of its new Grand Finale orbits. Daphnis can be seen on the far right, sporting ridges likely accumulated from ring particles. Daphnis was discovered in Cassini images in 2005 and raised mounds of ring particles so high in 2009 -- during Saturn's equinox when the ring plane pointed directly at the Sun -- that they cast notable shadows.
Taken from NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day Space--Bot is a computer program that searches for space images.
(NASA) Daphnis and the Rings of Saturn
Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Space Science Institute, Cassini
What's happening to the rings of Saturn? Nothing much, just a little moon making waves. The moon is 8-kilometer Daphnis and it is making waves in the Keeler Gap of Saturn's rings using just its gravity -- as it bobs up and down, in and out. The featured image is a wide-field version of a previously released image taken last month by the robotic Cassini spacecraft during one of its new Grand Finale orbits. Daphnis can be seen on the far right, sporting ridges likely accumulated from ring particles. Daphnis was discovered in Cassini images in 2005 and raised mounds of ring particles so high in 2009 -- during Saturn's equinox when the ring plane pointed directly at the Sun -- that they cast notable shadows.
Cassini shows the closest view yet of Saturn’s ‘wavemaker’ mini-moon
Cassini shows the closest view yet of Saturn’s ‘wavemaker’ mini-moon
The Cassini spacecraft by Nasa, the European Space Agency, and the Italian Space Agency continues to beam back never before seen images of the moons of Saturn. The latest image is a high resolution snap of the tiny moon Daphnis causing ripples in the Keeler gapof the ring system around Saturn. The ripples can be 8 kilometers long. Daphnis is called the wavemaker moon because of the way it…
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Those dirty rings. I’ve tried soaking ‘em out, even blasting ‘em out.
Views from the Solar System (230)
Views from the Solar System (230)
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Stuck on the Rings NASA – Like a drop of dew hanging on a leaf, Tethys appears to be stuck to the A and F rings from this perspective.
Tethys (660 miles, or 1,062 kilometers across), like the ring particles, is composed primarily of ice. The gap in the A ring through which Tethys is visible is the Keeler gap, which is kept clear by the small moon Daphnis (not visible here).
This view looks…
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