Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Saturn, Rings, and Two Moons
Explanation:
NASA's robot spacecraft Voyager [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] 2 made this image [ http://nssdc.gsfc.n…] of Saturn [ http://www.seds.org…] as it began to explore the Saturn system [ http://www.jpl.nasa…] in 1981. Saturn's famous rings [ http://ringside.arc…] are visible along with two of its moons, Rhea [ http://bang.lanl.go…] and Dione [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] which appear as faint dots on the right and lower right part of the picture. Astronomers believe that Saturn's moons play a fundamental role in sculpting its elaborate ring system [ http://newproducts.…]. A robot spacecraft named Cassini [ http://www.jpl.nasa…] was launched [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] last October and is expected to rendezvous [ http://www.jpl.nasa…] with the giant gas planet in 2004.
Credit and Copyright:
Voyager 2, NASA
keyword:
rings
keyword:
Saturn
keyword:
moons
facet_when:
1981
facet_when:
2004
facet_where:
Saturn
facet_where:
Dione
facet_where:
Rhea
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_what:
Voyager
facet_what:
Saturn
facet_what:
Cassini
facet_what:
Dione
facet_what:
Rhea
facet_what:
rings
facet_when_year:
2004
facet_when_year:
1981
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap980118

Saturn, Rings, and Two Moons
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