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Prometheus and Pandora Shepherding Saturn's F-Ring

Target Name:  Prometheus, Pandora
Spacecraft:  Voyager 2
Produced by:  Calvin J. Hamilton
Copyright: © 2002 Calvin J. Hamilton
Date Released: 21 January 2002
(Publisher Permission Request)

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This image shows Saturn's thin F-Ring with shepherd satellites Prometheus and Pandora. Prometheus is the inner moon and Pandora the outer. The brightness variations of this tightly-constrained ring shown here indicate that the ring is less uniform in makeup than the larger rings.

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