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Cassini crosses Saturn's ring plane

Cassini crosses Saturn's ring plane
Cassini crosses Saturn's ring plane This animation is composed of 31 images taken as Cassini crossed Saturn's ring plane on 17 and 18 January 2007. NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI / Gordan Ugarkovic

In the version below, the moons are identified:

Cassini crosses Saturn's ring plane (annotated)
Cassini crosses Saturn's ring plane (annotated) Image: NASA / JPL / SSI / Gordan Ugarkovic

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