NASA's A.P.O.D.

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 In, Through, and Beyond Saturn’s Rings   Image Credit:  Cassini Imaging Team, ISS, JPL, ESA, NASA
 Explanation:  A fourth moon is visible on the  above image if you look hard enough.  First — and furthest in the background — is  Titan, the largest moon of Saturn and one of the larger moons in the Solar System.    The dark feature across the top of this perpetually cloudy world is the  north polar hood.  The next most obvious moon is bright  Dione,  visible in the foreground, complete with craters and long  ice cliffs.  Jutting in from the left are several of Saturn’s  expansive rings,  including Saturn’s A ring featuring the dark  Encke Gap.  On the far right, just outside the rings, is  Pandora,  a moon only 80-kilometers across that  helps shepherd Saturn’s F ring.  The fourth moon?    If you look closely in the Encke Gap you’ll find a speck that is actually  Pan.  Although one of Saturn’s smallest moons at 35-kilometers across, Pan is massive enough to help keep the  Encke gap relatively free of ring particles. Zoom
In, Through, and Beyond Saturn’s Rings
Image Credit: Cassini Imaging Team, ISS, JPL, ESA, NASA

Explanation: A fourth moon is visible on the above image if you look hard enough. First — and furthest in the background — is Titan, the largest moon of Saturn and one of the larger moons in the Solar System. The dark feature across the top of this perpetually cloudy world is the north polar hood. The next most obvious moon is bright Dione, visible in the foreground, complete with craters and long ice cliffs. Jutting in from the left are several of Saturn’s expansive rings, including Saturn’s A ring featuring the dark Encke Gap. On the far right, just outside the rings, is Pandora, a moon only 80-kilometers across that helps shepherd Saturn’s F ring. The fourth moon? If you look closely in the Encke Gap you’ll find a speck that is actually Pan. Although one of Saturn’s smallest moons at 35-kilometers across, Pan is massive enough to help keep the Encke gap relatively free of ring particles.

Posted on Wednesday, October 26 2011. Tagged with: NASAAPODSaturnmoonringsTitanDionePan
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