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Moons In MotionThe cold, icy orbs of the Saturn system come to life in a slew of new movie clips showing the ringed planet’s moons in motion.
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Jun 21, 2006:
| A Tale of Two Moons - Many denizens of the Saturn system wear a uniformly gray mantle of darkened ice, but not so for these two most fascinating of moons. |
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Jun 21, 2006:
| Three Moons Meet - Janus and Epimetheus are captured swinging around Saturn’s rings and past Dione in this movie sequence from Cassini. |
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Jun 21, 2006:
| Staying with Epimetheus - Three of Saturn’s moons swim past in this movie sequence of images from Cassini. These sequences, called mutual events, are useful for refining the orbits of Saturn’s moons. |
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Jun 21, 2006:
| The Silent Spheres - In a silent orbital ballet, crater-covered Rhea slips between Mimas and Enceladus. |
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Jun 21, 2006:
| Rhea Transits Saturn - The slim crescent of Rhea glides silently onto the featureless golden face of Saturn in this mesmerizing color movie. |
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Jun 21, 2006:
| Cruising with Pan - The small ring-embedded walnut-shaped moon, Pan, coasts along in this movie clip from Cassini. |
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