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Saturn's rings from Cassini
author: Nasa/JPL/SSI/Novapix
reference: a-sat05-10006
Image Size 300 DPI: 8 * 14 cm
Image obtained by the Cassini spacecraft on August 18 2006 at a distance of 1,3 million km from the planet.
From the innermost ring to the outermost ring the designators are D, C, B, A, F, G and E. Between the A and B rings is a gap called the Cassini division ; between the A and F rings lies the Keeler (Encke) gap.
From the innermost ring to the outermost ring the designators are D, C, B, A, F, G and E. Between the A and B rings is a gap called the Cassini division ; between the A and F rings lies the Keeler (Encke) gap.
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