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Two Moons Passing, Enceladus & ???
MizarKey
post Oct 29 2005, 07:44 AM
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From 10/15/05. I didn't see it posted elsewhere, my apologies if this duplicating bandwidth...



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RedSky
post Dec 5 2005, 09:46 PM
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Yet another really nice "close encounter" sequence between two moons seen by Cassini:

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...eiImageID=55879

I don't have the capability of creating an animated gif... but if anyone is up to it, it should be a good one. smile.gif
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post Dec 6 2005, 07:53 AM
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I know from the raw image caption that one of the moons (the one in the foreground, it looks like to me) is Rhea. What's the other one? Dione?

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- MizarKey   Two Moons Passing   Oct 29 2005, 07:44 AM
- - SigurRosFan   Tethys??   Oct 29 2005, 01:25 PM
- - pat   The smaller one is Enceladus and the larger one is...   Oct 31 2005, 12:02 PM
- - RedSky   Yet another really nice "close encounter...   Dec 5 2005, 09:46 PM
|- - dvandorn   I know from the raw image caption that one of the ...   Dec 6 2005, 07:53 AM
- - SigurRosFan   Yes. It's Dione. 12/05 at about 3:57 UT   Dec 6 2005, 10:33 AM
- - Tman   That's really a big sequence. I found the time...   Dec 12 2005, 12:05 PM
- - MizarKey   Excellent animation Tman! Eric P / MizarKey   Dec 12 2005, 05:27 PM

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