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Collection:
NASA Solarsystem Collection
title:
Saturn's C-Ring
description:
This Voyager 2 view, focusing on Saturn's C-ring (and to a lesser extent, the B-ring at top and left) was compiled from three separate images taken through ultraviolet, clear and green filters.

When it acquired these frames, Voyager 2 was 2.7 million kilometers (1.7 million miles) from the planet. In general, C-ring material is very bland and gray, the color of dirty ice. Color differences between this ring and the B-ring indicate differing surface compositions for the material composing these complex structures.

More than 60 bright and dark ringlets are evident here; the small, bland squares are caused by the removal of reseau (reference) marks during processing.

*Image Credit*: NASA
date:
08.03.1981
keywords:
Solar System Exploration
keywords:
SSE
keywords:
Space
keywords:
NASA
keywords:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
keywords:
JPL
keywords:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
keywords:
Planets
facet_what:
Saturn
facet_what:
Voyager
facet_what:
Voyager 2
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_where:
Saturn
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_when:
08-03-1981
facet_when_year:
1981
UID:
SPD-SLRSY-1567
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Saturn's C-Ring