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Anthe-PIA11100.jpgThe "Anthe Arc"65 visiteCaption NASA:"Caption NASA:"Cassini images reveal the existence of a faint "Arc of material" orbiting with Saturn's small moon Anthe.
The moon is moving downward and to the right in this perspective. In this image, most of the visible material in the Arc lies ahead of Anthe (2 Km, or a little more than 1 mile across) in its orbit. However, over time the moon drifts slowly back and forth with respect to the Arc.
The Arc extends over about 20° in Longitude (about 5,5% of Anthe's orbit) and appears to be associated with a gravitational resonance caused by the moon Mimas). Micrometeoroid impacts on Anthe are the likely source of the Arc material.
The orbit of Anthe lies between the larger moons Mimas and Enceladus. Anthe shares this region with two other small moons, Pallene (4 Km, or about 3 miles across) and Methone (3 Km, or approx. 2 miles across).
Methone also possesses an Arc (see PIA11102), while Pallene is known to orbit within a faint, complete ring of its own (see PIA08328).
Cassini imaging scientists believe the process that maintains the Anthe and Methone Arcs is similar to that which maintains the Arc in the G-Ring (see PIA08327). The general brightness of the image (along with the faint horizontal banding pattern) results from the long exposure time of 32" required to capture the extremely faint ring arc and the processing needed to enhance its visibility (which also enhances the digital background noise in the image). The image was digitally processed to remove most of the background noise. The long exposure also produced star trails in the background.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini Spacecraft narrow-angle camera on April 4, 2008. The view was acquired at a distance of approx. 1,2 MKM (such as about 746.000 miles) from Anthe and at a Sun-Anthe-Spacecraft Angle of 23°. Image scale is roughly 7 Km (about 4 miles) per pixel".MareKromium
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Anthe-PIA11101.jpgThe "Anthe Arc"54 visiteCaption NASA:"Cassini images reveal the existence of a faint "Arc of material" orbiting with Saturn's small moon Anthe.
The moon is moving downward and to the right in this perspective. In this image, most of the visible material in the Arc lies ahead of Anthe (2 Km, or a little more than 1 mile across) in its orbit. However, over time the moon drifts slowly back and forth with respect to the Arc.
The Arc extends over about 20° in Longitude (about 5,5% of Anthe's orbit) and appears to be associated with a gravitational resonance caused by the moon Mimas). Micrometeoroid impacts on Anthe are the likely source of the Arc material.
The orbit of Anthe lies between the larger moons Mimas and Enceladus. Anthe shares this region with two other small moons, Pallene (4 Km, or about 3 miles across) and Methone (3 Km, or approx. 2 miles across).
Methone also possesses an Arc (see PIA11102), while Pallene is known to orbit within a faint, complete ring of its own (see PIA08328).
Cassini imaging scientists believe the process that maintains the Anthe and Methone Arcs is similar to that which maintains the Arc in the G-Ring (see PIA08327). The general brightness of the image (along with the faint horizontal banding pattern) results from the long exposure time of 32" required to capture the extremely faint ring arc and the processing needed to enhance its visibility (which also enhances the digital background noise in the image). The image was digitally processed to remove most of the background noise. The long exposure also produced star trails in the background.
This view looks toward the un-illuminated side of the Rings from about 3° above the Ring-Plane.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on July 3, 2008. The view was obtained at a distance of approx. 1,2 MKM (such as about 739.000 miles) from Anthe and at a Sun-Anthe-Spacecraft, or Phase, Angle of 12°. Image scale is roughly 7 Km (about 4 miles) per pixel".MareKromium
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Anthe_Methone-PIA11102.jpgSmall - but VERY bright - Companions: Anthe and Methone55 visiteCaption NASA:"Recent Cassini images show Arcs of Material co-orbiting with the Saturnian moons Anthe and Methone.
Arrows indicate the positions of Anthe, at top left, and Methone, at bottom right. Micrometeoroid impacts on the moons are the likely source of the Arc Material.
Cassini imaging scientists believe the process that maintains the Anthe and Methone arcs is similar to that which maintains the Arc in the G-Ring (see PIA08327). The general brightness of the image (along with the faint horizontal banding pattern) results from the long exposure time of 15" required to capture the extremely faint ring arc and the processing needed to enhance its visibility (which also enhances the digital background noise in the image).
The image was digitally processed to remove most of the background noise. This view looks toward the un-illuminated side of the Rings from about 2° above the Ring-Plane.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini Spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Oct. 29, 2007. The view was acquired at a distance of approx. 2,3 MKM (about 1,4 MMs) from Anthe and 2,2 MKM (approx. 1,4 MMs) from Methone.
Image scale is roughly 14 Km (about 9 miles) per pixel on Anthe and 13 Km (approx. 8 miles) on Methone".MareKromium
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