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Slightly Beneath Saturn's Ring Plane
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[z]Barbara Harris
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06.04.2006 00:00
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Slightly Beneath Saturn's Ring Plane
Explanation:
When orbiting Saturn, be sure to watch for
breathtaking superpositions of
moon
s,
rings
, and
shadow
s.
One such
>picturesque vista was visible recently to the
>robot Cassini spacecraft now orbiting Saturn.
In late February, Cassini captured
Rhea
,
the second largest moon of Saturn,
while looking up from slightly beneath Saturn's expansive
ring
plane.
>Signature dark gaps are visible in the nearly edge-on rings.
A shadow of
Saturn's F ring
cuts across the cratered ice-moon.
Cassini is
>scheduled to continue sending back images from the orbit of Saturn until at least 2008.
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