The Anthe Arc is pretty cool
By Michael on September 5, 2008 at 4:18 pm | In Blog Posts, Video Podcasts |Check out the latest from Cassini:
Cassini images reveal the existence of a faint arc of material orbiting with Saturn’s small moon Anthe.
The moon is moving downward and to the right in this perspective. In this image, most of the visible material in the arc lies ahead of Anthe (2 kilometers, 1 mile across) in its orbit. However, over time the moon drifts slowly back and forth with respect to the arc.
The arc extends over about 20 degrees in longitude (about 5.5 percent of Anthe’s orbit) and appears to be associated with a gravitational resonance caused by the moon Mimas. Micrometeoroid impacts on Anthe are the likely source of the arc material.
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