Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
Image of Saturn's F-ring
Original Caption Released with Image:
Voyager 2 took this high-resolution image of Saturn's F-ring Aug. 26 from a distance of 51,500 kilometers (32,000 miles). This closeup view shows that the ring is made up of at least four distinct components. A higher-resolution scan through the F-ring, the result of the star occultation experiment conducted by the spacecraft's photopolarimeter, showed even finer structure in the ring. Voyager 1 showed a braiding effect not evident in this picture. The small black dots are reseau (reference) marks on the camera. The small bright dash in the middle right of the image is a star trail. The Voyager project is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
Addition Date:
1999-01-06
Produced By:
JPL
Mission:
Voyager
Spacecraft:
Voyager 2
Target Name:
S Rings
Is a satellite of:
Saturn
Instrument:
Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle
Product Size:
1020 samples x 1020 lines
Primary Data Set:
Voyager EDRs
Producer ID:
P23966
facet_what:
Voyager
facet_what:
Voyager 2
facet_what:
Voyager 1
facet_what:
Saturn
facet_what:
Dash
facet_what:
Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS)
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_where:
Saturn
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Image #:
PIA01387
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA01387
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Image of Saturn's F-ring