Friday, September 25, 2009

Map to the gaps in Saturn's rings

Map to the gaps

Full-size (no labels)

I've linked both the small version of the Equinox image of the Saturnian ring system (with the gaps labeled) and the full-size one on the Cassini Web site. This is in case you get confused when trying to remember all the different gaps and ring segments in the Saturnian system (which happens to me all the time!). So this image should help keep things straight. Now if I could just remember where Daphnis and Pan are located...

My question: Is the E-ring missing?

My answer: It's partly due to Enceladus, and very tenuous.

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