Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Clumps in the F Ring


The F ring is weird. As the JPL Cassini-Huygens page says:

The Cassini spacecraft spies an intriguing bright clump in Saturn's F ring. Also of interest is the dark gash that appears to cut through the ring immediately below the clump. Scientists continue to monitor this ring for small, transient clumps of material, as well as the effects of the shepherd moon Prometheus.

This view looks toward the unilluminated side of the rings from about 28 degrees above the ringplane.

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