The $3.2 billion Cassini-Huygens mission was also identified to be a cooperative collaboration between NASA, ESA (European Space Agency) and the Italian Space Agency. Imaging scientists had predicted the new moon's presence and its orbital distance from Saturn after last July's sighting of a set of peculiar spiky and wispy features in the Keeler gap's outer edge.
NASA’s Cassini was identified to originally launch since 1997. Atlas and other moons exist outside the main ring system, as do the two F ring shepherd moons, Prometheus and Pandora. Yet, amid capturing Atlas’ images, NASA’s Cassini was reported to near the end of its mission as it lands on Saturn’s atmosphere on Sept.
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Cassini's narrow angle camera captured a sequence of 112 images in visible light, which were used to create this movie of Atlas and other moons racing around. NASA’s Cassini then placed a description along with the image of Atlas that the close-up image would aid them in studying its shape and geology. + Click for animation (7 MB) The Cassini spacecraft has sighted the tiny moon Atlas, which is seen here for the first time since Voyager 1 flew past Saturn in 1980. One which the small planet was seen hiding behind Saturn’s rings. Hence, it was given by scientists the nickname of “flying saucer.” The moon was also mentioned to have similarities with another small moon of Saturn, Pan which was mentioned to look like a “ravioli” as CNet reported.Ītlas being small was also mentioned to make a cameo on some of NASA’s Cassini captured images on its Saturn missions. It was also compared to Saturn’s biggest moon, Titan which is 3,200 miles or 5,150 kilometers across the planet’s bright rings.Īs seen in Atlas’ image below, it has a bulge in its center. With that close to Saturn, Atlas was surprisingly seen by the spacecraft, thus resulting in close-up stunning images which could be seen below.Ītlas, being one of Saturn’s smallest moon was only was identified to orbit 19 miles or 30 kilometers across Saturn’s A ring, which is said to be the outermost rings of the planet. The images are said to be the closest ever to see and study the ringed planet’s moon.Īccording to NASA, its Cassini spacecraft captured the image of Saturn’s moon at a closer approach of 7,000 miles or 11,000 kilometers. Saturn’s moon Atlas is reported to have been captured by NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft last April 12, 2017.
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