Thursday, June 14, 2007

Rings and Moons

rings and moons
Saturn is a complex place. This shot gives us a glimspse of it - the planet, the rings (fine enough that the planet can be seen through it), Saturn's shadow cutting across the whole thing, and four of the moons: (from lower left) Mimas and Janus, and up toward center right and close together little Pandora and Prometheus. Pandora and Prometheus are F ring shepherds, and the narrow, ribbon-like ring is between them.

(See Cassini -Huygens page for details.)

Labels: , ,

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]

     <-- Older Post                     ^ Home                    Newer Post -->