Titan and Saturn’s Rings
Posted in Astronomy at 15:27 on 12 March 2011
Astronomy Picture of the Day strikes again. This was Tuesday’s (8/3/11.)
It shows the largest moon in the solar system, Titan, almost like a bowling ball against the background of Saturn’s rings. Apparently the rings are much smaller in thickness in relative terms than a razor blade is! The rings’ shadows on the planet’s cloud surface show the sun is angled above them. Just across to the right, just below the rings, you can see the much smaller moon Enceladus making one of its frequent transits of Saturn.
Tags: Titan, Enceladus, Saturn, Saturn's rings