Titan Beyond the Rings
Explanation:
When orbiting Saturn, be sure to watch for breathtaking superpositions of moons and
rings.
One such picturesque vista was visible recently to the robot
Cassini spacecraft
now orbiting Saturn.
In 2006 April, Cassini
captured Saturn's
A and
F
rings stretching in front of
cloud-shrouded Titan.
Near the rings and appearing just above Titan was
Epimetheus, a moon which orbits just outside the
F ring.
The dark space in the
A ring is called
the
Encke Gap, although
several thin knotted ringlets and even the small moon
Pan orbit there.
APOD Wall Calendar:
Moons and Planets
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
