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Titan Ringed

Cassini captured this unusual image of Titan fronted by Saturn's rings. Image credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
by Staff Writers
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.

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Cassini Captures Another Stunning Saturnian Vista
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 15, 2006
NASA'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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