File:The A and B Rings.jpg
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English: This enhanced color image shows the outer half of Saturn's main ring system. The dark Cassini Division near the middle divides the outer A Ring from the B Ring. The Cassini Division was once thought to be empty, but this view shows that it contains several fainter ring structures. The most prominent structure in the A Ring is the Encke Gap, about 1/3 way from the ring's outer edge. This gap is "shepherded". open by the tiny embedded moon Pan. The B Ring is more densely packed with material than the A Ring (i.e., higher in optical depth) so it shows up as brighter in this image at a low phase angle. Several faint "spokes" are visible as dark streaks across the B Ring. Much better images of the B Ring's spokes were acquired by Voyager 2 about nine months later. At lower right, you can see the outer tip of the much fainter C Ring. |
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Source | http://pds-rings.seti.org/saturn/voyager/voyager1.html |
Author | NASA/JPL |
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User comments | Los Alamos National Laboratory
Image Processing by Calvin J. Hamilton This color-enhanced image shows the beautiful rings of Saturn. It shows the dark spoke-like features in the rings. The spokes seem to form very rapidly with sharp edges and then dissipate. The A ring appears as the outtermost bands but in this image appears as two bands divided by the Encke's division. The Cassini's division divides the A and B bands. |
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Number of components | 3 |
Horizontal resolution | 96 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 96 dpi |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows |
File change date and time | 11:49, 25 April 2015 |
Exif version | 2.21 |
Color space | Uncalibrated |
Date and time of digitizing | 21:47, 25 April 2015 |
Date metadata was last modified | 21:49, 25 April 2015 |
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IIM version | 57,080 |