Cassini spacecraft images ring arcs orbiting with Saturn's moons

Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 08:47 in Astronomy & Space

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has detected a faint, partial ring orbiting with one small moon of Saturn, and has confirmed the presence of another partial ring orbiting with a second moon. This is further evidence that most of the planet's small, inner moons orbit within partial or complete rings. Recent Cassini images show material, called ring arcs, extending ahead of and behind the small moons Anthe and Methone in their orbits...

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