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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
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Stereo Saturn
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Stereo Saturn
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Get out your red/blue glasses [ http://mpfwww.jpl.n…] and launch [ http://beacon.jpl.n…default.html ] yourself into this stereo [ http://cass.jsc.nas…SS3D.HTM ] picture of Saturn! The picture is actually composed from two images recorded weeks apart by the Voyager 2 spacecraft [ http://nssdc.gsfc.n…MasterCatalog?sc=197 7-076A ] during its visit to [ http://sse.jpl.nasa…sat-voy2.html ] the Saturnian System in August of 1981. Traveling at about 35,000 miles per hour, the spacecraft's changing viewpoint from one image to the next produced this exaggerated but pleasing stereo effect [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Saturn is the second largest planet [ http://seds.lpl.ari…saturn.html ] in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Its spectacular ring system [ http://ringmaster.a…] is so wide that it would span the space between the Earth and Moon. Although they look solid here, Saturn's [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] rings consist of individually orbiting bits of ice and rock ranging in size from grains of sand to barn-sized boulders.
Explanation
Get out your red/blue glasses [ http://mpfwww.jpl.n…] and launch [ http://beacon.jpl.n…default.html ] yourself into this stereo [ http://cass.jsc.nas…SS3D.HTM ] picture of Saturn! The picture is actually composed from two images recorded weeks apart by the Voyager 2 spacecraft [ http://nssdc.gsfc.n…MasterCatalog?sc=197 7-076A ] during its visit to [ http://sse.jpl.nasa…sat-voy2.html ] the Saturnian System in August of 1981. Traveling at about 35,000 miles per hour, the spacecraft's changing viewpoint from one image to the next produced this exaggerated but pleasing stereo effect [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Saturn is the second largest planet [ http://seds.lpl.ari…saturn.html ] in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Its spectacular ring system [ http://ringmaster.a…] is so wide that it would span the space between the Earth and Moon. Although they look solid here, Saturn's [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] rings consist of individually orbiting bits of ice and rock ranging in size from grains of sand to barn-sized boulders. Explanation
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Credit_and_Copyright
Credit and Copyright
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keyword:
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saturn
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keyword:
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rings
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voyager
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1981
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1981
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Arizona
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Arizona
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Saturn
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Saturn
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Jupiter
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Jupiter
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Johnson Space Center (JSC)
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Johnson Space Center (JSC)
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Earth
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Earth
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Voyager
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Voyager
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Moon
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Moon
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Atlas
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Atlas
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Saturn
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Saturn
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STEREO
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STEREO
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Jupiter
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Jupiter
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Voyager 2
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Voyager 2
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MPF
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MPF
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Beacon
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Beacon
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1981
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1981
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original url:
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SPD-APOD-ap020907
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SPD-APOD-ap020907
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