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And Rhea

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Next up: Tethys.

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Ding. Enceladus.

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The "Death Star" Moon: Mimas



The official NASA caption is "That's no space station."

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I guess relating to this thread it means we are in the Star Wars universe after all.

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One Earth, One Sky - IYA 2009

Purple haze all in my brain
Lately things just don’t seem the same
Actin' funny, but I don't know why
'Scuse me while I kiss the sky

Titan's purple haze, thumbnail:

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Thanks Jimmy! 8) [Beats Purple Rain ]

It is intriguing that the Rayleigh scattering is only in the upper and, I suppose, lower atmosphere. This seems surprising to me. A rough guess would be only the upper regions have the smaller molecules (thanks in part to the molecular break-down the article discussed) allowing the scattering. Large molecules do not allow much scattering of shorter wavelength light.

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"The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothing else in the universe to do..." Author: Galileo supposedly.

Here is an animation of what I'm pretty sure is Saturn's south pole:

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And here is an animation of Cassini's approach to Titan:

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The Sky at Night: Moons of Saturn

If you missed it on TV, you can now watch it online! (Well, sort of. RealOne Player, or such-like, required.)

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Was there a Cassini update on NASATV today? There was something scheduled for 1pm EDT but I was out at the time.

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Tumbling Hyperion

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OUT FROM THE SHADOWS: TWO NEW SATURNIAN MOONS

edit: That brings the total to 33, I believe. The article doesn't mention the total, and I haven't looked it up in a while, but I keep a running total of the solar system's moons on my desktop and at last count I had Saturn with 31.

You're correct. Satellite discoverer Scott Sheppard's site has up-to date information on giant planet satellites.

I'm sure this was discussed before: At which size they will stop to call these rocks 'moons'?

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Currently there is not any official lower limit.

Looks like the Cassini Picture of the Day on the Cassini homepage haven't been updated...

From the CICLOPS site: Streaking Away from Dione

Iapetus: Light and Dark.

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