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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-06-13 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows this enhanced-color image mosaic of Daphnis, one of the moons embedded in Saturn's rings.
PIA23167:
Embedded Moons Sculpt Saturn's Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-03-28 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This graphic shows the ring moons inspected by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in super-close flybys. The rings and moons depicted are not to scale.
PIA22772:
Cassini Moons Flybys
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-09-15 Daphnis Cassini-Huygens
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This image of Saturn's outer A ring features the small moon Daphnis and the waves it raises in the edges of the Keeler Gap. The image was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 13, 2017. It is among the last images Cassini sent back to Earth.
PIA21893:
Daphnis' Final Appearance
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-06-28 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This montage of views from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows three of Saturn's small ring moons: Atlas (top), Daphnis (middle) and Pan (bottom) at the same scale for ease of comparison.
PIA21449:
Small Wonders
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-05-29 Daphnis Cassini-Huygens
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This close-up view captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft of the Keeler Gap, which is near the outer edge of Saturn's main rings, shows in great detail just how much the moon Daphnis affects the edges of the gap.
PIA21329:
Waving Goodbye
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-02-14 Daphnis Cassini-Huygens
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Daphnis, one of Saturn's ring-embedded moons, is featured in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, kicking up waves as it orbits within the Keeler gap.
PIA17212:
The Realm of Daphnis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-01-18 Daphnis Cassini-Huygens
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The wavemaker moon, Daphnis, is featured in this view, taken as NASA's Cassini spacecraft made one of its ring-grazing passes over the outer edges of Saturn's rings on Jan. 16, 2017. This is the closest view of the small moon obtained yet.
PIA21056:
Daphnis Up Close
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-12-12 Daphnis Cassini-Huygens
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Captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, the waves that Saturn's moon, Daphnis, raises on the edges of the Keeler Gap, can also be used to deduce the moon's mass and even some of its orbital behavior.
PIA20511:
Watching the Wavemaker
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-01-26 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Two masters of their craft are caught at work shaping Saturn's rings captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Pandora (upper right) sculpts the F ring. Meanwhile, Daphnis is busy holding open the Keeler gap (bottom center).
PIA18298:
The Shapers
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-09-30 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's A ring is decorated with several kinds of waves. NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured a host of density waves, a bending wave, and the edge waves on the edge of the Keeler gap caused by the small moon Daphnis.
PIA17130:
Rings and Waves
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-04-22 Daphnis Cassini-Huygens
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The tiny wavemaker moon Daphnis is dwarfed by the very waves it creates on the edge of the Keeler gap as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA14648:
Dwarfed Wavemaker
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-12-31 Daphnis Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's small moon Daphnis is caught in the act of raising waves on the edges of the Keeler gap, which is the thin dark band in the left half of the image. Waves like these allow scientists to locate small moons in gaps and measure their masses.
PIA14641:
Small Moon Makes Big Waves
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-07-23 Daphnis Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft catches Saturn's moon Daphnis making waves and casting shadows from the narrow Keeler Gap of the planet's A ring in this view taken around the time of Saturn's August 2009 equinox.
PIA14618:
Wave Maker
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-05-14 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moons Daphnis and Pan demonstrate their effects on the planet's rings in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Daphnis, at left, orbits in the Keeler Gap of the A ring; Pan at right, orbits in the Encke Gap of the A ring.
PIA14608:
Ring Moons' Effects
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-22 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Six of Saturn's moons orbiting within and beyond the planet's rings are collected in this Cassini spacecraft image; they include Enceladus, Epimetheus, Atlas, Daphnis, Pan, and Janus.
PIA12741:
Sextet of Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-13 Daphnis Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures here one of its closest views of Saturn's ring-embedded moon Daphnis. Seen at the upper left of this image, Daphnis appears in the Keeler Gap near the edge waves it has created in the A ring.
PIA12698:
Closest Daphnis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-02 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Looking up toward Saturn's southern hemisphere, NASA's Cassini spacecraft pictures a pair of the planet's moons orbiting in the distance. Tethys and Rhea orbit in the plane of the planet's rings, but appear to be below the planet in this view.
PIA12689:
Beyond Saturn's South
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-07-30 Daphnis Cassini-Huygens
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This image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows that rather than being an unchanging disk of peaceful particles, the material that makes up Saturn's rings is constantly pushed and pulled into spectacular shapes. At left is the moon Daphnis.
PIA12688:
Pushing and Pulling
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-17 Daphnis Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Daphnis, appearing as a tiny speck in the Keeler Gap of the A ring on the far right of this NASA Cassini spacecraft image, is almost lost among the moon's attendant edge waves.
PIA12634:
Hidden Among Waves
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-29 Daphnis Cassini-Huygens
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Shadows are cast by Daphnis and the moon's attendant edge waves in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken about a month and a half before the Saturn's August 2009 equinox.
PIA12622:
Shadows from the Waves
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-02 Daphnis Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Daphnis casts a short shadow on the A ring in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraftabout six months after the planet's August 2009 equinox. Daphnis appears as a tiny bright dot in the Keeler Gap of the A ring near the center top.
PIA12580:
The Shortest of Shadows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-22 Daphnis Cassini-Huygens
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Tiny Daphnis appears as a bright dot in the Keeler Gap next to shadows cast by the moon and the edge waves it has created in the A ring in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft before Saturn's August 2009 equinox.
PIA12510:
Ripples from Daphnis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-03 Daphnis Cassini-Huygens
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This image, which at first appears to show a serene scene, in fact reveals dramatic disturbances created in Saturn's A ring by its moon Daphnis as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11637:
Daphnis' Disturbances
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-23 Daphnis Cassini-Huygens
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Long shadows stretch away from the towering edge waves created by the gravity of the moon Daphnis in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft a little more than a week before Saturn's August 2009 equinox.
PIA11629:
Slanting Shadows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-10-13 Daphnis Cassini-Huygens
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The shadows cast by Daphnis' attendant edge waves create a dark, jagged pattern on the A ring in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on July 28, 2009 as Saturn approached its August 2009 equinox.
PIA11600:
Jagged Shadows
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A scalloped look is created in the edges of the Keeler Gap in Saturn's outer A ring as the moon Daphnis orbits in the gap in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Feb. 25, 2009.
PIA11598:
Pulchritudinous Perturbations
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-09-21 Daphnis Cassini-Huygens
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Ring material, pulled to spectacular heights above the ring plane by the gravity of the moon Daphnis, casts long shadows on Saturn's A ring in NASA's Cassini image taken about a month before the planet's August 2009 equinox.
PIA11677:
New Heights for Edge Waves
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-09-14 Daphnis Cassini-Huygens
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Vertical ring structures created by the moon Daphnis cast dark shadows on Saturn's A ring in this image taken as the planet approached its August 2009 equinox. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11579:
Edge Wave Shadows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-09-04 Daphnis Cassini-Huygens
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The shadow of the moon Janus dwarfs the shadow of Daphnis on Saturn's A ring in this image taken as the planet approached its August 2009 equinox. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11573:
Long Shadow, Short Shadow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-09-02 Daphnis Cassini-Huygens
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Waves in the edges of the Keeler gap in Saturn's A ring, created by the embedded moon Daphnis, show considerable complexity in this image taken as Saturn approached its August 2009 equinox. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11571:
Complex Edge Waves
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Jagged looking shadows stretch away from vertical structures of ring material created by the moon Daphnis in this image taken as Saturn approaches its August 2009 equinox. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11547:
Sawtooth Shadows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-07-03 Daphnis Cassini-Huygens
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A scalloped look is created in the edges of the Keeler Gap in Saturn's outer A ring as the moon Daphnis orbits in the gap. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11528:
Scallops at the Edges
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Tall vertical structures created by Saturn's moon Daphnis rise above the planet's otherwise flat, thin disk of rings to cast long shadows in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on April 13, 2009.
PIA11656:
Wavy Shadows
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A scalloped look is created in the edges of the Keeler Gap in Saturn's outer A ring as the moon Daphnis orbits in the gap in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on May 9, 2009.
PIA11655:
Wave Shadows in Motion
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Vertical structures created by Saturn's small moon Daphnis cast long shadows across the rings in this dramatic image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on June 8, 2009, as the planet approaches its mid-August 2009 equinox.
PIA11654:
Rippling Shadows
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Looming vertical structures created by the tiny moon Daphnis cast long shadows across the rings in this startling image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on May 24, 2009, as Saturn approaches its mid-August 2009 equinox.
PIA11653:
Tiny Moon, Looming Shadows
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Saturn's moon Daphnis gives a scalloped look to the edge of the A ring as the moon orbits within the Keeler Gap in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Apr. 30, 2009.
PIA11504:
Gravity-Induced Undulations
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Saturn's moon Daphnis creates waves of disturbance in the Keeler Gap in this image of the wide A ring and narrow F ring in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Mar. 30, 2009.
PIA11496:
Daphnis' Waves
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft takes a break from the Saturn system to check out the Pleiades star cluster, the Seven Sisters.
PIA11482:
Scoping the Sisters
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Three moons, Janus, Prometheus, and Daphnis, have bunched themselves together in this image of Saturn's rings in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on March 2, 2009.
PIA11480:
Moons by the Bunch
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Undulations mark both sides of the path of Saturn's moon Daphnis through the A ring as seen in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Feb. 1, 2009.
PIA11475:
Waves from Daphnis
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Saturn's moon, Daphnis, leaves a path of disturbance on either side of her as she moves in her orbit within the Keeler Gap in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Jan. 31, 2009.
PIA10595:
In Her Wake
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Tiny Daphnis' impact on the Keeler gap in which it resides can be seen in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Jan. 11, 2009.
PIA10579:
Small but Effective
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The F ring and outer edge of the A ring can be seen in this image taken on Nov. 7, 2008 by NASA's Cassini spacecraft . A kink feature is visible in the F ring, probably caused by Prometheus or Pandora, the F ring's shepherd moons.
PIA10545:
Fingerprints of the Shepherds
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The moons Pan (near center) and Daphnis cruise through the Encke and Keeler gaps, respectively. The edge waves used to discover Daphnis can be seen in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft as the brightening on either side of the moon.
PIA10529:
Making Waves
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-15 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured signs of activity on both sides of the Roche Division, the region between Saturn's A and F rings in this image from Aug. 31, 2008.
PIA10491:
From A to F
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Two ring moons, Daphnis and Pandora, sweep through this scene focused on Saturn's intriguing F ring in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on July 5, 2008.
PIA10453:
F Ring in Between
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Looking upward from beneath the ringplane, NASA's Cassini spacecraft spies Saturn's 'wave maker' and 'flying saucer' moons. and its gravitationally induced edge waves are seen at left within the Keeler Gap.
PIA09907:
Atlas and Daphnis
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this view on Apr. 8, 2008, showing two of Saturn's moons, Daphnis and Prometheus, and their gravitational effects on nearby rings.
PIA09902:
Ringcraft
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The embedded moon Daphnis is seen in its narrow gap at lower right. The tiny moon is accompanied by its entourage of edge waves, visible as ripples in the gap's edges in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on March 4, 2009.
PIA09881:
Ring-Moon Connections
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Saturn's moon, Daphnis and its entourage of edge waves are captured here by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The wave pattern caused by Daphnis in the edges of the Keeler Gap can be likened to a standing ripple in a flowing stream.
PIA09850:
Among the Waves
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On Dec. 21 1007, NASA's Cassini spacecraft viewed Saturn's two ring-embedded moons, Daphnis and Pan, along with clearly visible signs of their perturbing effects on the ring edges that border the gaps they inhabit.
PIA09812:
Daphnis and Pan
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft observes a gathering of three moons, Mimas, Epimetheus, and Daphnis, near the rings of Saturn in this image taken on Oct. 3, 2007.
PIA09768:
Ring Tableau
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The effects of three of Saturn's ring moons can be spotted in this single narrow-angle camera view captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08985:
Three Meddlesome Moons
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Across the expanse of Saturn's rings, NASA's Cassini spacecraft spies two small moons in consort. Atlas is seen exterior to the bright outer edge of the A ring. Daphnis, below Atlas in this view, orbits Saturn within the narrow Keeler Gap.
PIA08941:
Ring Moon Rendezvous
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Saturn's ring-embedded moons, Pan and Daphnis, are captured in an alignment they repeat with the regularity of a precise cosmic clock as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08926:
The Gap Moons
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The presence of the tiny ring moon Daphnis is betrayed by the edge waves it creates in the Keeler gap. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08924:
Moon's Signature
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Daphnis cruises through the Keeler Gap, raising edge waves in the ring material as it passes. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08882:
Disturbances by Daphnis
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Daphnis drifts through the Keeler gap, at the center of its entourage of waves as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08319:
Edge Waves
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Daphnis, the tiny moon that inhabits the Keeler Gap in the outer edge of Saturn's A ring, is captured here in remarkable detail with its entourage of waves. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA07809:
Daphnis At Work
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This splendid view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft offers a detailed look at the faint rings within the Cassini Division as well as a rare glimpse of the Keeler gap moon, Daphnis.
PIA08171:
Is That a Moon?
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