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Saturn rings - Artist view

author: Don Dixon/Novapix

reference: a-sat99-00102

Image Size 300 DPI: 40 * 18 cm

A cluster of icy satellites have been perturbed into a temporary orbit a few thousand miles above the plain of the rings. Tenuous rings follow intertwined paths within the Encke Gap far below.

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Keywords for this photo:

ASTRONOMY - ENCKE - ENCKE GAP - ICE - ILLUSTRATION - PLANET - RING - SATURN - STAR - SUN -