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23/12/2022

ASTRONOMY - Cassini Looks Out from Saturn

 2022 December 23

The featured image shows a black and white image with
Saturn's orb dominating the image bottom and Saturn's rings
dominating the image top. 
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

Cassini Looks Out from Saturn
Image Credit: NASAJPL-CaltechSpace Science Institute

Explanation: This is what Saturn looks like from inside the rings. In 2017, for the first time, NASA directed the Cassini spacecraft to swoop between Saturn and its rings. During the dive, the robotic spacecraft took hundreds of images showing unprecedented detail for structures in Saturn's atmosphere. Looking back out, however, the spacecraft was also able to capture impressive vistas. In the featured image, taken a few hours before closest approach, Saturn's unusual northern hexagon is seen surrounding the North Pole. Saturn's B ring is the closest visible, while the dark Cassini Division separates B from the outer A. A close inspection will find the two small moons that shepherd the F-ring, the farthest ring discernable. A few months after this image was taken -- and after more than a decade of exploration and discovery -- the Cassini spacecraft ran low on fuel and was directed to enter Saturn's atmosphere, where it surely melted.

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