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PIA02242: Mosaic of Saturn's Rings
This detailed mosaic of the underside of the Cassini Division was obtained by NASA's Voyager 1 with a resolution of about 10 kilometers.
 Target Name:  S Rings
 Is a satellite of:  Saturn
 Mission:  Voyager 
 Spacecraft:  Voyager 1
 Instrument:  VG ISS - Narrow Angle 
 Product Size:  2200 x 1400 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Producer ID:  2601129  
 Primary Data Set:  Voyager EDRs 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA02242.tif (1.678 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA02242.jpg (474.6 kB)  

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This detailed mosaic of the underside of the Cassini Division was obtained by Voyager 1 with a resolution of about 10 kilometers. The classical Cassini Division appears here to the right of center as five bright rings with substantial blacks gap on either side. The inner edge of the A Ring, to the left of center, is the brightest part of this image. The fine-scale wave structure in this region has been interpreted as being the result of gravitational density waves.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
2000-02-07