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Description
English: Saturn eclipsing the sun, seen from behind from the Cassini orbiter. The image is a composite assembled from images taken by the Cassini spacecraft on 15 September, 2006.

Individual rings seen include (in order, starting from most distant)

  • E ring
  • Pallene ring (visible very faintly in an arc just below Saturn)
  • G ring
  • Janus/Epimetheus ring (faint)
  • F ring (narrow brightest feature)
  • Main rings (A,B,C)
  • D ring (bluish, nearest Saturn)

At full resolution, the distant Earth is visible as a dot above the left extremity of the main set of rings. For a detailed description, see http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA08329 and http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press-release-details.cfm?newsID=698.

Français : Saturne éclipsant le soleil, vu par la sonde cassini. Image composite.

Les anneaux visibles sur cette photo sont (du plus externe au plus interne)

  • Anneau E
  • Anneau de Pallene (seul un arc est très faiblement visible juste sous Saturne)
  • Anneau G
  • Anneau de Janus et Epimetheus (faiblement visible)
  • Anneau F (très brillant et étroit)
  • Anneaux principaux (A,B,C)
  • Anneau D (bleuâtre)
Source

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA08329 (compressed version of http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/tiff/PIA08329.tif)
Date

September 15, 2006
Author

NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
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Picture of the day This image was selected as a picture of the day for January 21, 2007. It was captioned as followed:
English: Eclipse of the Sun by Saturn
Česky: Zatmění Slunce Saturnem
Cymraeg: Diffyg ar yr Haul gan y blaned Sadwrn.
Deutsch: Sonnenfinsternis durch den Saturn, gesehen von der Raumsonde Cassini
English: Eclipse of the Sun by Saturn
Esperanto: Suna eklipso pro la Saturno.
Español: Eclipse solar por Saturno.
Suomi: Saturnus auringon edessä Cassini- avaruusluotaimelta katsottuna
Français : Eclipse de soleil par Saturne.
Galego: Eclipse de sol por Saturno
Magyar: A Nap a Szaturnusz takarásában.
Italiano: Eclissi di Sole per Saturno.
日本語: 土星による 日食
Polski: Zaćmienie Słońca przez Saturna.
Русский: Затмение Солнца Сатурном.
Српски / Srpski: Сатурн помрачује Сунце
Svenska: Solförmörkelse där solen skyms av Saturnus.
Türkçe: Satürn'ün sebep olduğu güneş tutulması
‪中文(简体)‬: 由 土星引起的 日食
‪中文(繁體)‬: 由 土星引起的 日食

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