Tag: saturns rings
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Saturn’s Newborn: Scientists Say Planet’s Ring May Give Birth to Baby Moon
from RT.com: Scientists believe a tiny satellite is emerging from the edge of Saturn’s ring system. A disturbance in the planet’s outer ring, called ‘Peggy,’ could grow into a separate icy moon – possibly the last one of its kind. Images taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft have earlier revealed an arc of 750 miles (1,200…
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cassini image of five saturn moons
Cassini spacecraft continues to amaze with images returned to Earth! In the image (pictured), according to article at The Daily Galaxy, “…NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured five of Saturn’s moons in one image: Janus, Pandora, Enceladus, Mimas and Rhea. Janus (179 kilometres, or 111 miles across) is on the far left. Pandora (81 kilometres, or 50…