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Cassini Images Saturns Sharp Edged G Ring
Pasadena, Calif. (SPX) March 8, 2006 This contrast-enhanced view of Saturn's faint G ring shows its extremely sharp inner edge and more diffuse outer boundary. Using its large high-gain antenna as a shield, the Cassini spacecraft flew through the region interior to the G ring during its latest flyby of the planet. Controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory reported the spacecraft was struck many times by the fine icy particles that populate the region between Saturn's F and G rings. The image was taken in visible light with Cassini's narrow-angle camera on Jan. 19, at a distance of approximately 1.2 million kilometers (700,000 miles) from Saturn. The image scale is 7 kilometers (4 miles) per pixel. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Cassini Cassini Images JPL Explore The Ring World of Saturn and her moons Jupiter and its Moons The million outer planets of a star called Sol News Flash at Mercury
Portrait Of A Pearl At Dusk
Pasadena CA (SPX) March 7, 2006NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this image of Saturn's moon Enceladus hanging like a single bright pearl against the golden-brown canvas of the icy rings and the faint outline of the planet at dusk - complete with faint ring shadows falling across Saturn's surface. |
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