PIA06099: The Encke Gap as Never Seen Before
This image shows in superb detail the region in Saturn's rings known as the Encke Gap. It was taken by the narrow angle camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft after successful entry into Saturn's orbit.
 Target Name:  S Rings
 Is a satellite of:  Saturn
 Mission:  Cassini-Huygens 
 Spacecraft:  Cassini Orbiter
 Instrument:  ISS - Narrow Angle 
 Product Size:  1024 x 1024 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  CICLOPS/Space Science Institute 
 Primary Data Set:  Cassini 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA06099.tif (750.9 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA06099.jpg (43.2 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

This image shows in superb detail the region in Saturn's rings known as the Encke Gap. It was taken by the narrow angle camera on the Cassini spacecraft after successful entry into Saturn's orbit. The view shows the sunlit side of the rings.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

Image Addition Date:
2004-07-01