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Janus and the Rings
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Caption NASA originale:"Janus peeks out from beneath the Ring-Plane, partially lit here by reflected light from Saturn. A couple of craters can be seen on the moon's surface. To the right, two faint clumps of material can be seen in the dynamic F-Ring.
The perspective in this view may be a bit confusing -- from just below the Ring-Plane, Cassini is gazing toward Janus (181 Km, or 113 miles across), which is behind the Rings.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on March 16, 2006, at a distance of approx. 2,1 MKM (such as about 1,3 MMs) from Janus and at a Sun-Janus-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 103°. Image scale is approx. 12 Km (about 8 miles) per pixel".
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