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A small icy object within the rings of Saturn may be a new moon
Monday, April 14, 2014 18:09
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft has documented the formation of a small icy object within the rings of Saturn that may be a new moon, and may also provide clues to the formation of the planet's known moons.
Images taken with Cassini's narrow angle camera on April 15, 2013, show disturbances at the very edge of Saturn's A ring — the outermost of the planet's large, bright rings. One of these disturbances is an arc about 20 percent brighter than its surroundings, 750 miles (1,200 kilometers) long and 6 miles (10 kilometers) wide …. http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-small-icy-object-within-rings-of.html
