Dione Divided – Dione Appears Cut in Two By Saturn’s Rings

In this newly released Cassini spacecraft image, Dione appears cut in two by Saturn’s razor-thin rings. This scene was captured from just 0.02 degrees above the ring plane. The bright streaks of Dione’s wispy terrain are seen near the moon’s limb at right. The medium-sized crater Turnus (63 miles, 101 kilometers, wide) is visible along […]
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