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Keywords: crater, Saturn, Mimas
![Освещенный кольцами ураган на Сатурне](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/02/26/0001211856/saturnstormPIA07788_cassini_c.preview.jpg)
23.02.2006
Imaged on the night side of Saturn by the Cassini spacecraft, these swirling storm clouds are illuminated by ringshine - sunlight reflected from the gas giant's magnificent ring system. The storm (top) was actually spotted last month by amateur astronomers as it rotated across Saturn's day side and spans about 3,500 kilometers.
![Ударный кратер Мёлнир](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/02/18/0001211664/hammer_tsikalas_big.preview.gif)
10.06.1999
The stark surface of Earth's moon is pocked with large craters, records of a history of fierce bombardment by the solar system's formative debris. It may be difficult to imagine, but nearby planet Earth itself has endured a similar cosmic pounding, though oceans, weathering, and geological
![Эпиметей: маленький спутник Сатурна](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/08/24/0001207715/epimetheus2_cassini_big.preview.jpg)
24.08.2005
How did Epimetheus form? No one is yet sure. To help answer that question, this small moon has recently been imaged again in great detail by the robot spacecraft Cassini now orbiting Saturn. Epimetheus sometimes orbits Saturn in front of Janus, another small satellite, but sometimes behind.
![Энцелад около Сатурна](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/03/22/0001212532/enceladusring_cassini.preview.jpg)
22.03.2006
Some images of Saturn appear surreal. Earlier this year, the robot spacecraft Cassini now orbiting Saturn took this surreal image of the gas giant Saturn, its majestic rings, and its enigmatic world Enceladus all in one frame.
![Ледяные фонтаны открыты на спутнике Сатурна Энцеладе](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/12/05/0001210005/enceladusfountains_cassini.preview.jpg)
5.12.2005
Fountains of ice shoot out from Saturn's moon Enceladus. Clear discovery images of the fountains were made using observations from the robot Cassini spacecraft currently orbiting Saturn. During a recent pass, Cassini was programmed to look back toward the Sun where Enceladus would appear as a thin crescent.
![Рея - второй по величине спутник Сатурна](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/08/22/0001179059/rhea_vg1.preview.gif)
14.10.1995
Rhea is the second largest moon of Saturn, behind Titan, and the largest without an atmosphere. It is composed mostly of water ice, but has a small rocky core. Rhea's rotation and orbit are locked together (just like Earth's Moon) so that one side always faces Saturn.
![Феба: комета превратилась в спутник Сатурна?](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2004/06/30/0001198568/phoebe3_cassini.preview.jpg)
30.06.2004
Was Saturn's moon Phoebe once a comet? Images from the robotic Cassini spacecraft taken two weeks ago when entering the neighborhood of Saturn indicate that Phoebe may have originated in the outer Solar System.
![Небо и планеты](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/11/08/0001217459/febplanets_ssumner_big.preview.jpg)
10.03.2000
On February 10th, an evocative evening sky above Rocklin, California, USA inspired astrophotographer Steve Sumner to record this remarkable sight - five planets and the Moon. Near its first quarter phase, the bright Moon...
![HR 4796A: Это не Сатурн](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/07/11/0001207170/hr4796a_schneider_big.preview.gif)
5.02.1999
These are not false-color renderings of the latest observations of Saturn's magnificent rings. Instead, the panels show a strikingly similar system on a much larger scale - a ring around the young, Vega-like star, HR 4796A, located about 200 light-years from Earth.
![Гиперион: спутник Сатурна со странными кратерами](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/01/19/0001232890/hyperion2_cassini.preview.jpg)
18.01.2009
What lies at the bottom of Hyperion's strange craters? Nobody knows. To help find out, the robot Cassini spacecraft now orbiting Saturn swooped past the sponge-textured moon in late 2005 and took an image of unprecedented detail.
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