Stuck on the Rings
Like a drop of dew hanging on a leaf, Tethys appears to be stuck to the A and
F rings from this perspective.
Tethys (660 miles, or 1,062 kilometers across), like the ring particles, is
composed primarily of ice. The gap in the A ring through which Tethys is visible
is the Keeler gap, which is kept clear by the small moon Daphnis (not visible
here).
This view looks toward the Saturn-facing hemisphere of Tethys. North on Tethys is up and rotated 43 degrees to the right. The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on July 14, 2014.
The view was acquired at a distance of approximately 1.1 million miles (1.8 million kilometers) from Tethys and at a Sun-Tethys-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 22 degrees. Image scale is 7 miles (11 kilometers) per pixel.
Tethys (660 miles, or 1,062 kilometers across), like the ring particles, is
composed primarily of ice. The gap in the A ring through which Tethys is visible
is the Keeler gap, which is kept clear by the small moon Daphnis (not visible
here).This view looks toward the Saturn-facing hemisphere of Tethys. North on Tethys is up and rotated 43 degrees to the right. The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on July 14, 2014.
The view was acquired at a distance of approximately 1.1 million miles (1.8 million kilometers) from Tethys and at a Sun-Tethys-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 22 degrees. Image scale is 7 miles (11 kilometers) per pixel.
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