by APOD Robot » Sun Nov 02, 2014 4:07 am
Titan Beyond the Rings
Explanation: When orbiting Saturn, be sure to watch for breathtaking superpositions of moons and rings. One such picturesque vista was visible recently to the robot
Cassini spacecraft now orbiting Saturn. In 2006 April, Cassini
captured Saturn's
A and
F rings stretching in front of
cloud-shrouded Titan. Near the rings and appearing just above Titan was
Epimetheus, a moon which orbits just outside the
F ring. The dark space in the
A ring is called the
Encke Gap, although several thin knotted ringlets and even the small moon
Pan orbit there.
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[b] Explanation: [/b] When orbiting Saturn, be sure to watch for breathtaking superpositions of moons and rings. One such picturesque vista was visible recently to the robot [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini%E2%80%93Huygens]Cassini spacecraft[/url] now orbiting Saturn. In 2006 April, Cassini [url=http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA08391]captured[/url] Saturn's [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Saturn#A_Ring]A[/url] and [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Saturn#F_Ring]F[/url] rings stretching in front of [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap060215.html]cloud-shrouded Titan[/url]. Near the rings and appearing just above Titan was [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080211.html]Epimetheus[/url], a moon which orbits just outside the [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap101019.html]F ring[/url]. The dark space in the [url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009Icar..199..145F]A ring[/url] is called the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Saturn#Encke_Gap]Encke Gap[/url], although several thin knotted ringlets and even the small moon [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oyO07a-0fQ]Pan orbit[/url] there.
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