Saturn's Rings To Shine As Never Before |
Saturn's Rings To Shine As Never Before |
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Sep 16 2006, 10:19 AM
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http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features/feature20060915.cfm
Ring scientists have been waiting for this. Finally, after more than two years orbiting Saturn, the Cassini spacecraft reaches one of the ultimate vantage points. The rings should shine with majesty worthy of the "Jewel of the Solar System." |
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Sep 17 2006, 10:19 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 204 Joined: 20-November 05 From: Mare Desiderii Member No.: 563 |
In this one, what's the overexposed elliptical feature inside the limb? Is it an artifact?
It couldn't be a highly-refracted image of the Sun's disc, could it? (I assume not -- isn't that what the continuous ring all the way around the limb is, effectively?) In neighbouring images (which I guess let more light in) the same region bleeds vertically (1, 2, 3). |
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