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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Исследование колец Сатурна http://www.variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1171126/eng |
Credit & Copyright: NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Voyager Project
Explanation:
By watching a star flicker and fade as it passed behind Saturn's rings,
NASA's
Voyager 2
spacecraft was able explore
the ring system in amazing detail. Data produced by
Voyager's instruments as the star Delta Scorpii was occulted by
some of the outer rings
was used to reconstruct this image
which shows details almost 1000 times
smaller than normally possible with Voyager's cameras.
For more information about the picture see the NASA, JPL press release .
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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rights apply.
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LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.