Astronomy Picture of the Day

Great view of three of Planet Saturn's three smallest moons Maj William W. 'Bill' Price! They appear to be space cleaners within certain ring sections to assist in keeping the rings stable... They are too small to warrant a detailed mission analysis on their own and the only significant Moon is Titan, which is like Earth only with a different set of chemical compositions, but it has an atmosphere, Ice, rocks, lakes of Methane, and more. THe Cassini Space mission set up the landing sequence for the Huygens lander in 2004. Great Post of these moons! Have a great day, Bill!!!

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Thank you, my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA picture of the day for May 18, 2019 entitled "Atlas, Daphnis, and Pan."
Image: Atlas, Daphnis, and Pan - Image Credit - Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA
"Explanation: Atlas, Daphnis, and Pan are small, inner, ring moons of Saturn. They are shown at the same scale in this montage of images by the Cassini spacecraft that made its grand final orbit of the ringed planet in September 2017. In fact, Daphnis was discovered in Cassini images from 2005. Atlas and Pan were first sighted in images from the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft. Flying saucer-shaped Atlas orbits near the outer edge of Saturn's bright A Ring while Daphnis orbits inside the A Ring's narrow Keeler Gap and Pan within the A Ring's larger Encke Gap. The curious equatorial ridges of the small ring moons could be built up by the accumulation of ring material over time. Even diminutive Daphnis makes waves in the ring material as it glides along the edge of the Keeler Gap."

The Misty Mini-Moons of Saturn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-Rtb8x61q4

Thank you, my friend Sgt (Join to see) for mentioning me.

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Interesting photos!