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Titan Ringed
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 31, 2006 The Cassini spacecraft captured this view of Saturn's largest moon, Titan (5,150 kilometers, or 3,200 miles across) looking out from slightly beneath the giant planet's ringplane. The dark Encke gap (325 kilometers, or 200 miles wide) is visible here, as is the narrow F ring. Cassini took the natural-color image on April 28 using red, green and blue spectral filters on its narrow-angle camera. The spacecraft's distance at the time was approximately 1.8 million kilometers (1.1 million miles) from Titan. Image scale is 11 kilometers (7 miles) per pixel on Titan. 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
Cassini Captures Another Stunning Saturnian Vista
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 15, 2006NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this image of Saturn's small, battered moon Epimetheus; its giant, smog-enshrouded moon Titan, and its A and F rings stretching across the scene. The prominent dark region visible in the A ring is called the Encke Gap, in which the moon Pan and several narrow ringlets reside. |
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