Saturn's Moon in Saturn's ring · A photo capturing the strange figure of bread is released



It is one of Saturn's satellites,Saturn's ringThat exists inside "BreadA photograph which can see the detailed image of "The picture has been released.

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The "Saturn's moon" existing inside the ring of Saturn It captured the detailed image of bread in 1997, and it was launched in September of 2017 and finished all the missions of Saturn's spacecraftCassini. Planetary scientist Caroline Porko, who is responsible for imaging the data taken by Cassini, said on March 9, 2017, local time, "This is a 35 km diameter bread with a bulge on the equator Along with the tweet that "It is a surprisingly fine figure," Cassini has released the appearance of the bread he caught.


Cassini of Saturn's spacecraft is challenging the final mission of rebounding Saturn's circle just as often from December 4, 2016, but in this mission the details of the satellite / bread inside the ring I caught a figure.

Bread is a satellite that had a strange shape where the equator part bulged and Saturn's "Shepherd's satelliteIt is also known as one of.


The bread is about 35 km in diameter and is the innermost of Saturn's satellites.


"Enke gapIt is a celestial body circling the gap in the A ring of Saturn called so.




It is speculated that the bread of Saturn, which was born in collision with some kind of bodies, creates gaps in the ring as time goes on and then inflates the equator. And(PDF file)Previous research, Like other small satellites, bread is considered to be a satellite with a density of about one-third to one-half the current size.



The swelling of the equator of bread is novelty for scientists, Mr. Polco said "When I first saw this picture I thought it was a depiction of the artist and not an actual one, but this is real What is it!? ", He also suspected his eyes when he saw the shape of bread.


The data taken by Cassini of the Saturn probe has been released below.

Cassini: Mission to Saturn: Raw Images

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