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Saturn’s F-Ring
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Caption:
This narrow-angle camera image of Saturn's F Ring was taken through the Clear filter while at a distance of 0.75 million km from Saturn on 12 November 1980. The kinks and braids of this tightly-constrained ring are visible along with the outer edge of the A Ring.
Background Info:
JPL managed the Voyager Project for NASA's Office of Space Science.
Cataloging Keywords:
| Name | Value | Additional Values |
|---|---|---|
| Target | Saturn Rings | F Ring, Saturn |
| System | Saturn | |
| Target Type | Ring | Planet |
| Mission | Voyager | |
| Instrument Host | Cassini Orbiter | Voyager 1 |
| Host Type | Orbiter | Flyby Spacecraft |
| Instrument | Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) | |
| Detector | Narrow Angle Camera | |
| Extra Keywords | Disk, Grayscale, Visual | |
| Acquisition Date | ||
| Release Date | 2000-05-25 | |
| Date in Caption | 1980-11-12 | |
| Image Credit | NASA/JPL | |
| Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02292 | |
| Identifier | PIA02292 | |
