Saturday, May 10, 2008

Closer in and faster

Atlas and Prometheus
Just as Pan in the Encke gap overtakes Atlas on a regular basis, so Atlas overtakes Prometheus, the F ring shepherd, just about monthly. Atlas isn't a shepherd, though it's a ring moon, living in the Roche division; Prometheus is one of the two that maintain the kinked and wispy F ring.

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