by bystander » Mon Feb 22, 2010 4:34 pm
PIA 12554: Balancing It Out
Two small but stately moons appear above and below the rings on the left of this image, serving to visually offset the dominance of Saturn on the picture's right.
Rhea (1528 kilometers, 949 miles across) is on the far left, below the rings in the image. Enceladus (504 kilometers, 313 miles across) appears as a small bright dot near the middle left.
This view looks toward the northern, sunlit side of the rings from just above the ringplane.
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[quote]Two small but stately moons appear above and below the rings on the left of this image, serving to visually offset the dominance of Saturn on the picture's right.
Rhea (1528 kilometers, 949 miles across) is on the far left, below the rings in the image. Enceladus (504 kilometers, 313 miles across) appears as a small bright dot near the middle left.
This view looks toward the northern, sunlit side of the rings from just above the ringplane.[/quote]