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(via:unknownskywalker) Rings on a DiagonalA pair of Saturn’s small satellites, Janus and Pandora, accompany the planet’s rings in this Cassini spacecraft image presenting the view in dramatic diagonal fashion.The rings are between the two moons. Janus, just above the center of the image, is most distant here. This view looks toward the northern, sunlit side of the rings from just above the ringplane, and toward the leading hemisphere of Pandora (81 km across) and the trailing hemisphere of Janus (179 km across).The image was taken in visible light on April 11, 2010, acquired at a distance of approximately 1.9 million kilometers from Janus and 1.8 million kilometers from Pandora. Scale is about 11 kilometers per pixel on both moons.Credit: NASA/JPL
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Rings on a Diagonal

A pair of Saturn’s small satellites, Janus and Pandora, accompany the planet’s rings in this Cassini spacecraft image presenting the view in dramatic diagonal fashion.

The rings are between the two moons. Janus, just above the center of the image, is most distant here. This view looks toward the northern, sunlit side of the rings from just above the ringplane, and toward the leading hemisphere of Pandora (81 km across) and the trailing hemisphere of Janus (179 km across).

The image was taken in visible light on April 11, 2010, acquired at a distance of approximately 1.9 million kilometers from Janus and 1.8 million kilometers from Pandora. Scale is about 11 kilometers per pixel on both moons.

Credit: NASA/JPL


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