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Worlds In Motion, Part II
October 22nd, 2008 | Tags: animation, Cassini, rings, Saturn | Published in pictures | 4 Comments
Cassini’s camera tracks Saturn’s moon Mimas in the foreground, while Prometheus orbits in the background within the rings. These images were sent to Earth on Monday.
Sent by: Cassini | From: Saturn | Sent: Oct, 2008 | Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI | Image source
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October 22nd, 2008at 11:47 am(#)
And in the last three frames, there’s one of the small moons sliding in from the left, in the near edge of the second ring up from the bottom. It seems to be disturbing the ring a little as it passes.
I see other specks as well, but they must be tumbling, as there is no continuity. Or they’re just artifacts of the digital processing, perhaps?
October 22nd, 2008at 12:24 pm(#)
Good eye. Atlas, I think? Most if not all of the other specks will be image noise.
October 22nd, 2008at 2:25 pm(#)
Good catch. Looks like Daphnis to me. The rest of random dots are cosmic ray hits.
The Keeler gap, where Pan orbits is that gap seen in the middle with the wavy outer edge. I *think*.
October 23rd, 2008at 10:54 pm(#)
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