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Atlas, Daphnis and Pan
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Caption NASA:"This montage of views from NASA's Cassini Spacecraft shows three of Saturn's Small Ring moons: Atlas, Daphnis and Pan at the same scale for ease of comparison.
Two differences between Atlas and Pan are obvious in this montage. Pan's Equatorial Band is much thinner and more sharply defined, and the central mass of Atlas (the part underneath the smooth Equatorial Band) appears to be smaller than that of Pan.
All of these images were taken using the Cassini Spacecraft Narrow-Angle Camera. The images of Atlas were acquired on April 12, 2017, at a distance of about 10.000 miles (approx. 16,0093 Km) and at a Sun-moons-Spacecraft angle (or Phase Angle) of 37°. All three images are oriented so that North is up".
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(Dettagli)
