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Saturn’s Mini-Moons Align for Family Portrait
Saturn, its rings and three moons are visible in this image from Cassini. Credit: NASA/ESA
It’s a good thing NASA labeled the moons in this image of Saturn, because they are pretty hard to see. But they are there, keeping each other company in this Cassini spacecraft image of Saturn’s night side. And as the Cassini team says, it seems fitting that they should do so since in Greek mythology, their namesakes were brothers.
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Post tags: Atlas moon, Cassini, Epimetheus, Prometheus, Saturn
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2013-01-14 15:31:29
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