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Credit & Copyright: NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,Voyager Project
Explanation:
This image of Saturn was made by NASA's robot spacecraft
Voyager
2 as it began to explore the Saturn system in 1981.
Saturn's famous rings are visible along with two of its moons, Rhea and
Dione which appear as faint dots in the right and lower right
part of the picture.
Astronomers believe that Saturn's moons play a fundamental
role in sculpting its elaborate ring system.
For more information about the picture see the NASA, JPL press release.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Saturn
Publications with words: Saturn
See also:
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- APOD: 2025 February 23 B Saturn in Infrared from Cassini
- APOD: 2024 December 8 B Aurora around Saturns North Pole
- Saturn at Night
- APOD: 2024 August 27 B Moon Eclipses Saturn
- APOD: 2024 June 23 B The Colors of Saturn from Cassini
- A Season of Saturn