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Aegaeon and the G-Ring
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Caption NASA:"The bright arc within Saturn's G-Ring is shown truncated by the shadow of the Planet at the bottom of this image.
Although it can't be seen here, the tiny moonlet Aegaeon (formerly known as S/2008 S 1) orbits within the bright arc.
This view looks toward the northern, sunlit side of the Rings from about 4° above the Ring-Plane. Many background stars are visible elongated by the motion of the Spacecraft during the image's exposure.
The image was taken in Visible Light with the Cassini Spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Oct. 9, 2009. The view was obtained at a distance of approx. 2,1 MKM (about 1,3 MMs) from Saturn. Image scale is roughly 12 Km (a little more than 7 miles) per pixel".
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