Gap in Saturn’s Ring Yields Another Moon
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The Cassini spacecraft has spied a tiny moon in a gap in Saturn’s outer ring, scientists said Tuesday.
The moon was spotted this month in the center of the Keeler gap, making waves in the gap edges as it orbits. Tentatively called S/2005 S1, the moon measures four miles across and is about 85,000 miles from the center of Saturn. The moon is the second known to exist within Saturn’s shimmering rings. The other is Pan, which orbits in the Encke gap. Saturn’s 45 other moons are outside the main ring system.
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