Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection Collection NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection Collection
Title:
Four Propellers Title Four Propellers Title
Original Caption Released with Image:
These figures show four propeller-shaped structures discovered by the Cassini spacecraft in close-up images of Saturn's A ring. The propellers are about 5 kilometers (3 miles) long from tip to tip, and the radial offset (the "leading" dash is slightly closer to Saturn) is about 300 meters (1,000 feet). See PIA07791 and PIA07792 for additional images and information about these features. The figures were cropped from two original Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera images and magnified for visibility. The images were then re-projected so that orbital motion is to the left and Saturn is up. The unseen moonlets lie in the center of each structure. The figures were cropped from two original Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera images, taken during Saturn orbit insertion on July 1, 2004, and magnified for visibility. The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center is based at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo. For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm. The Cassini imaging team homepage is at http://ciclops.org. Original_Caption_Rel eased_with_Image These figures show four propeller-shaped structures discovered by the Cassini spacecraft in close-up images of Saturn's A ring. The propellers are about 5 kilometers (3 miles) long from tip to tip, and the radial offset (the "leading" dash is slightly closer to Saturn) is about 300 meters (1,000 feet). See PIA07791 and PIA07792 for additional images and information about these features. The figures were cropped from two original Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera images and magnified for visibility. The images were then re-projected so that orbital motion is to the left and Saturn is up. The unseen moonlets lie in the center of each structure. The figures were cropped from two original Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera images, taken during Saturn orbit insertion on July 1, 2004, and magnified for visibility. The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center is based at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo. For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm. The Cassini imaging team homepage is at http://ciclops.org. Original Caption Released with Image
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Image_Credit NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Image Credit
Produced By:
Cassini Imaging Team Produced_By Cassini Imaging Team Produced By
Mission:
Cassini Mission Cassini Mission
Spacecraft:
Cassini Orbiter Spacecraft Cassini Orbiter Spacecraft
Target Name:
S Rings Target_Name S Rings Target Name
Is a satellite of:
Saturn Is_a_satellite_of Saturn Is a satellite of
Instrument:
Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle Instrument Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle Instrument
Product Size:
1048 samples x 670 lines Product_Size 1048 samples x 670 lines Product Size
Primary Data Set:
Cassini Primary_Data_Set Cassini Primary Data Set
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Saturn facet_what Saturn facet_what
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Cassini facet_what Cassini facet_what
facet_what:
Cassini Orbiter facet_what Cassini Orbiter facet_what
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facet_what:
Cassini-Huygens facet_what Cassini-Huygens facet_what
facet_what:
Dash facet_what Dash facet_what
facet_what:
Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) facet_what Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) facet_what
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory facet_where Jet Propulsion Laboratory facet_where
facet_where:
Saturn facet_where Saturn facet_where
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California facet_where California facet_where
facet_where:
Washington facet_where Washington facet_where
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) facet_where Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) facet_where
facet_where:
Washington, D.C. facet_where Washington, D.C. facet_where
facet_when:
July 1, 2004 facet_when July 1, 2004 facet_when
facet_when_year:
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Image #:
PIA07790 Image_# PIA07790 Image #
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA07790 UID SPD-PHOTJ-PIA07790 UID
orignial url:
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