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Pretty picture: High-res color view of Prometheus and the F ring

Emily Lakdawalla

Written by Emily Lakdawalla
October 1, 2010

This week has been very heavy on text and light on pretty pictures. Next week will be more of the same. So I'm closing the week with a pretty picture, Cassini's best view of the inner F ring shepherd Prometheus.

Prometheus

NASA / JPL / SSI / color composite by Gordan Ugarkovic

Prometheus
Cassini captured the three images for this true-color view of the inner F-ring shepherd Prometheus on December 27, 2009. This view was composed of archive data by Gordan Ugarkovic. Prometheus is 119 × 87 × 61 kilometers in diameter.

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