Detail View: NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection: Spokes on side of Saturn's rings
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Title:
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Spokes on side of Saturn's rings
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Original Caption Released with Image:
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Spokes are seen on the unlit side of Saturn's rings for the first time in this Voyager 2 wide-angle view obtained Aug. 28 from a distance of 3.4 million kilometers (2.1 million miles). In order to bring out the very faint detail in the B-ring, the image was specially processed for the spokes and thus does not show the true relative brightness of the other rings. The spokes are visible as bright wedge-shaped and tilted features in the outer half of the B-ring (center of image). A time-lapse sequence to be taken later this week will help resolve the question about whether the spokes are forming on the darkside of the rings or are lit-side features seen through the rings. The Voyager project is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
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Addition Date:
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1999-04-11
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Produced By:
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JPL
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Mission:
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Voyager
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Spacecraft:
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Voyager 2
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Target Name:
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S Rings
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Is a satellite of:
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Saturn
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Instrument:
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Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle
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Product Size:
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560 samples x 530 lines
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Primary Data Set:
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Voyager EDRs
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Producer ID:
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P24063
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facet_what:
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Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS)
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facet_where:
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Image #:
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PIA01955
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UID:
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA01955
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original url:
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http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA01955
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