NASA's Cassini aircraft got a admirable close-up appearance of Prometheus during a flyby on December 6. The amplitude bureau appear the consistent angel on Tuesday, calling it "one of Cassini's highest-resolution angle of Prometheus."
The angel shows both Prometheus and Saturn's F ring as a aside band beyond the top of the picture.
The moon has an ellipsoidal appearance and measures just 53 afar (86 kilometers) across. Cassini captured the angel from a ambit of about 23,000 afar (37,000 kilometers). The moon's pockmarked apparent and odd appearance are on abounding display, authoritative it attending added like something the Millennium Falcon would appointment while ambuscade in an asteroid field.
NASA refers to Prometheus as getting "potato-shaped," which is appealing accurate, although not actual flattering. The moon has a appealing alive activity out there in space. It has been accepted to allotment through Saturn's F ring, abrogation arresting cuts in the icy particles that accomplish up the ring. The rings are labeled alphabetically based on the adjustment of discovery. The F ring is attenuated and is begin about 87,000 afar from the centermost of Saturn.
Cassini launched in 1997 and accustomed to abstraction Saturn and its satellites in 2004. The aircraft has had a active time examination the moons about the belted planet. In 2015 alone, it spotted a "snowman" on Enceladus, captured a arresting photo of three bow-shaped moons and zoomed in on the cratered apparent of Dione. This acceptable will not be the endure Cassini angel we see of Prometheus, but it may able-bodied angle as one of the best.
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