Two of Saturn's larger moons seem close in this shot, but the whole planet is between them. Just above the ringplane is Dione (1,126 kilometers, or 700 miles across) on the far side of Saturn. Tethys (1,071 kilometers, or 665 miles across) is on the near side, directly in front of the ringplane. Cassini itself was 3.2 million kilometers (2 million miles) from Saturn and less than a degree above the ringplane, which casts its own crisp shadows on the cloudy planet's surface. See
the Cassini-Huygens page for more.
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Two of Saturn's larger moons seem close in this shot, but the whole planet is between them. Just above the ringplane is Dione (1,126 kilometers, or 700 miles across) on the far side of Saturn. Tethys (1,071 kilometers, or 665 miles across) is on the near side, directly in front of the ringplane. Cassini itself was 3.2 million kilometers (2 million miles) from Saturn and less than a degree above the ringplane, which casts its own crisp shadows on the cloudy planet's surface. See the Cassini-Huygens page for more.
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At 10:51 AM, September 09, 2007
fev had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->Hey, Ridger: I used the Saturn photo in editing class last week. The idea was that the population at large says "hey, that's a really well-edited story" with about the same frequency that they say "hey, there's the starship Enterprise, cloaking devices engaged, rounding the second moon and heading in for shore leave."
It kind of worked. Just thought you'd like to know.
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