Part 3 Moons of Saturn
Saturn is so exotic planet in Solar System, hence this post is large
Planet Profile
Don't forget to check this amazing video! All real footage. Made by Cassini spacecraft.
Saturn's rings close up
True color image.
Rings and moons of Saturn
That's Saturn's moon
Anthe moving downward and to the right.
Mimas (Saturn's moon). In this view captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on 13 February 2010, Herschel Crater dominates Mimas, making the moon look like the Death Star in the movie "Star Wars." Herschel Crater is 130 km, or 80 miles, wide and covers most of the right of this image. Scientists continue to study this impact basin and its surrounding terrain.
And finally here you can see pictures of Saturn's moons. Enceladus, Rhea, Dione, Tethys (image taken on
May 20, 2012), Methone (looks like an egg lol) and Pandora (looks like a potato).
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Equatorial ridges
Equatorial ridges are a feature of at least three of
Saturn's moons: Iapetus, Atlas and Pan. Ridges make Atlas and Pan look like an
UFO lol.
This dramatic picture of the ridge was taken in
2007.
Valterne Mons - ridge that follows the equator of Saturn's moon Iapetus gives it the appearance of a giant walnut. The ridge is 100 km (62 miles) wide and at times 20 km (12 miles) high. (The peak of Mount Everest, by comparison, is 5.5 miles above sea level.) Scientists are debating how the ridge might have formed.
Truly a moon of mysteries, Iapetus also is stained with a dark material, particularly visible in this infrared image (taken in
2007), of unknown origin.
Saturn's moon Enceladus is a strange place. The cold, tiny moon in the far reaches of the solar system is an unlikely location for liquid water. Yet scientists have not only discovered that Enceladus contains water, it actually shoots magnificent
plumes of it out into space. These plumes and their origin remain a major mystery for researchers studying the moon and its environment. Where is the source of their liquid water and what causes them to fire out into space?
Saturn's highly irregular moon
Hyperion. What a strange thing.