The moons of Saturn never stop. A space traveler orbiting the ringed giant planet [ http://en.wikipedia…] would witness a continuing silent dance [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] where Saturn's multiple moons [ http://csep10.phys.…] pass near each other in numerous combinations. Like a miniature Solar System [ http://www.nineplan…], the innermost moons orbit [ http://csep10.phys.…] Saturn the fastest. The above movie [ http://photojournal…] was centered on Saturn's moon Rhea [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], so that the moons Mimas [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and Enceladus [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] appear to glide by. At 1,500 kilometers across, Rhea [ http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Rhea_(moon) ] is over three times larger than the comparably sized Mimas [ http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Mimas_(moon ) ] and Enceladus [ http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Enceladus_( moon) ]. The Sun illuminates the scene from the lower right, giving all of the moons the same crescent phase [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. The above time lapse movie [ http://photojournal…] was created by the Saturn-orbiting robotic Cassini spacecraft [ http://saturn.jpl.n…] over a period of about 40 minutes.
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The moons of Saturn never stop. A space traveler orbiting the ringed giant planet [ http://en.wikipedia…] would witness a continuing silent dance [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] where Saturn's multiple moons [ http://csep10.phys.…] pass near each other in numerous combinations. Like a miniature Solar System [ http://www.nineplan…], the innermost moons orbit [ http://csep10.phys.…] Saturn the fastest. The above movie [ http://photojournal…] was centered on Saturn's moon Rhea [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], so that the moons Mimas [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and Enceladus [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] appear to glide by. At 1,500 kilometers across, Rhea [ http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Rhea_(moon) ] is over three times larger than the comparably sized Mimas [ http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Mimas_(moon ) ] and Enceladus [ http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Enceladus_( moon) ]. The Sun illuminates the scene from the lower right, giving all of the moons the same crescent phase [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. The above time lapse movie [ http://photojournal…] was created by the Saturn-orbiting robotic Cassini spacecraft [ http://saturn.jpl.n…] over a period of about 40 minutes.
