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Saturn's Faint Inner D-Ring

Target Name:  Saturn
Spacecraft:  Voyager 2
Produced by:  Calvin J. Hamilton
Copyright: © 2002 Calvin J. Hamilton
Date Taken:  25 August 1981
Date Released: 12 February 2002
(Publisher Permission Request)

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Voyager 2 took this picture of Saturn's faint inner D-ring on August 25, 1981 about 1 hour 48 minutes before the spacecraft's closest approach to Saturn. The range was 195,400 kilometers (121,300 miles) and phase angle was 166`. This view includes the sun's shadow across the ring. Voyager 1 saw this region in a similar view, but this higher-resolution image shows many more ringlets and gaps. The D-ring is very tenuous and has an extremely small optical depth.

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