The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Cassini-Huygens mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging team is based at the Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colo.
The propeller moonlets represent a hitherto unseen size-class of particles orbiting within the rings. This image provides broad context within the rings, and shows the B ring, Cassini Division, A ring and F ring. The browse view provides more views of the the propeller-shaped features. Image credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Surely we can name at least one of ten million after you, SpacePing Sprockets!
Kewlness bump
So can we deport some liberals to these distant objects?LOL! Fascinating stuff out there isn't it?
I saw Saturn and Jupiter through a telescope for the first time in Astronomy class last week. Very cool stuff.
bttt