The "Encke Gap" of Saturn's Rings

Caption NASA originale:"An intriguing knotted ringlet within the Encke Gap is the main attraction in this Cassini image. The Encke Gap is a small division near the outer edge of Saturn's rings that is about 300 Km wide. The tiny moon Pan (20 Km across) orbits within the gap and maintains it.
Many waves produced by orbiting moons are also visible.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow angle camera on Oct. 29, 2004, at a distance of about 807,000 Km from Saturn. The image scale is 4,5 Km per pixel".

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Nome del file:	Saturn-the Encke Gap-PIA06534_modest.jpg
Nome album:	Saturn: the "Ringed Beauty" and His Moons
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Data di inserimento:	Dic 03, 2004
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