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Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Good Gatherings
A few suggestions for imaging ... according to the solar system simulator, Mimas will pass in front of Dione at 7 minutes past London midnight next Tuesday. Tethys hangs loose on the near side of Saturn's rings, seen nearly edge on. Below, Rhea and Titan make a fetching pair tomorrow around dinnertime on the American East Coast. Except for Titan, all of Saturn's moons are pretty much big ice globes in space. In other words, white. Iapetus, Hyperion, and Phoebe are somewhat sooty--we don't know from what exactly, but where these moons aren't white, they're pretty much black. Still, the view is impressive. Just in case NASA needs help pointing its imaging devices...

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