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SPACE-SATURN-MOONS
As Cassini swung around to the dark side of the planet during its first close passage after orbit insertion, the spacecraft spied three ring moons whizzing around the planet. Visible in this image released 12 December, 2004 are: Mimas (398 kilometers, or 247 miles across) (Top-L) Janus (181 kilometers, or 112 miles across)(Top-R) and Prometheus (102 kilometers, or 63 miles across) just above the main rings (C). The normally bright B ring appears very dark from this vantage point. Regions with smaller concentrations of particles, such as the Cassini division (bright near center) transmit more sunlight and thus are brighter. The image was taken at a distance of 757,000 kilometers (470,000miles) from Saturn. The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. AFP PHOTO/ NASA
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SPACE SPACE, 12 dec |
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