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New Visualization Of Waves In Saturn’s Rings Puts You In The Keeler Gap

19 Aug , 2016 by

In his latest piece of inspired artwork, Kevin Gill treats viewers to an artistic impression of what the Keeler Gap in Saturn’s Rings looks like up close

Saturn’s Little Wavemaking Moon

25 Apr , 2013 by

Captured on January 15, this narrow-angle Cassini image shows an outer portion of Saturn’s A ring on the left and the ropy F ring crossing on the right. The thin black line near the A ring’s bright edge is the Keeler Gap, a 22-mile-wide space cleared by the passage of Daphnis, a shepherd moon barely […]

Small Moon Makes Big Waves

6 Jul , 2010 by

[/caption] Saturn’s moon Daphnis is only 8 kilometers wide, but it has a fairly substantial effect on the A ring, making waves on the ring’s edge. According to Carolyn Porco on Twitter, this is the closest look yet at this mini, moving moon. Daphnis resides in the Keeler Gap, which is about 42 km wide, […]

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