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$The limb of Saturn Caption NASA originale."Saturn's B and C-Rings disappear behind the immense Planet. Where they meet the limb, the Rings appear to bend slightly owing to upper-atmospheric refraction. Crenulations - such as the irregularly wavy or serrated features - in the Planet's clouds denote the locations of turbulent belt/zone boundaries. The image was taken using a spectral filter sensitive to wavelengths of infrared light centered at 728 nanometers. The view was obtained with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on Aug. 16, 2006 at a distance of approx. 256.000 Km (about 159.000 miles) from Saturn. Image scale is roughly 12 Km (about 7 miles) per pixel". Parole chiave: Saturn - Upper Atmosphere$

The limb of Saturn

Caption NASA originale."Saturn's B and C-Rings disappear behind the immense Planet. Where they meet the limb, the Rings appear to bend slightly owing to upper-atmospheric refraction.
Crenulations - such as the irregularly wavy or serrated features - in the Planet's clouds denote the locations of turbulent belt/zone boundaries.

The image was taken using a spectral filter sensitive to wavelengths of infrared light centered at 728 nanometers. The view was obtained with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on Aug. 16, 2006 at a distance of approx. 256.000 Km (about 159.000 miles) from Saturn. Image scale is roughly 12 Km (about 7 miles) per pixel".

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Nome del file:	Saturn-PIA08265.jpg
Nome album:	Saturn: the "Ringed Beauty" and His Moons
Valutazione (3 voti):	(Mostra dettagli)
Parole chiave:	Saturn / - / Upper / Atmosphere
Copyright:	NASA - Cassini Mission
Dimensione del file:	55 KiB
Data di inserimento:	Set 12, 2006
Dimensioni:	1020 x 1020 pixels
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