Planetary Society logo
  • “Exploration is in our nature.” - Carl Sagan

Saturn's ringmoons

Saturn's ringmoons
Saturn's ringmoons The eight innermost moons of Saturn, in color images collected by Cassini between June 7, 2005, and July 5, 2010. Pan and Daphnis (top left small moons) orbit within the Encke and Keeler gaps in the rings; Atlas (below Pan and Daphnis) orbits at the outer edge of the main rings. To their right are Prometheus and Pandora; Prometheus orbits just inside and Pandora just outside the F ring. Below them are Epimetheus (left) and Janus (right), which trade positions every four years, averaging out to the same distance from Saturn. For more information about this montage, visit this page. NASA / JPL / SSI / Gordan Ugarkovic / Emily Lakdawalla