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The "E-Ring" of Saturn: the "Enceladus Ring" (1)
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This excellent view of the faint E-Ring - a ring feature now known to be created by Enceladus - also shows two of Saturn's small moons that orbit within the Ring, among a field of stars in the background.
The E-Ring extends from three to eight Saturn radii - about 180.000 Km(such as about 118.000 miles) to 482.000 Km (about 300.000 miles). Its full extent is not visible in this view.
Calypso (22 Km, or about 14 miles across) and Helene (32 Km, or about 20 miles across) orbit within the E-Ring's expanse. Helene skirts the outer parts of the E-Ring, but here it is projected in front of a region deeper within the Ring.
Calypso and Helene are trojan satellites, or moons that orbit 60° in front or behind a larger moon. Calypso is a Tethys trojan and Helene is a trojan of Dione. An interesting feature of note in this image is the double-banded appearance of the E-Ring, which is created because the Ring is somewhat fainter in the Ring-Plane than it is 500-1000 Km (about 300-600 miles) above and below it.
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