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SPACE-SATURN-MOONS
Saturn-s moon Prometheus(L) chases Pandora in this NASA Cassini spacecraft image released 20 October, 2005, but the outcome of their race has already been decided by gravity. Prometheus orbits closer to Saturn and thus moves faster than does Pandora. Prometheus is 102 kilometers (63 miles) across. Pandora is 84 kilometers (52 miles) across. This view is from a third of a degree beneath the ringplane. Familiar ring features that are visible from higher angles above the rings are foreshortened here. The planet-s dark shadow stretches across the ringplane at center. The image was taken 08 September, 2005, at a distance of approximately 1.8 million kilometers (1.1 million miles) from Saturn. The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. AFP PHOTO/HO/NASA/GETTY OUT
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SPACE SPACE, 20 oct |
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20 Octombrie 2005 |
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