Saturn Rings - Cassini Mission

16.05.2017 IMAGE OF THE DAY - CASSINI:

     Cassini Spacecraft Image of Saturn Ring showing shadows, the shadow grows shorter as the planet moves toward the  northern summer and this will continue till Saturn Solstice May 2017. The Cassini observed that, the lengthening of shadow of Saturn continued till equinox in August 2009 later the shadow has been shrinking. This changes had been noted between Saturn closest approach in 2004 [PIA06077], equinox in August 2009 [PIA11667] and then two years ago in 2015 [PIA20498]

IMAGE AT A DISTANCE: 

     This image was taken with Cassini Wide-angle camera on 3 February 2017 in presence of visible light, this view was taken at a distance of 1.2 million kilometer away from Saturn.

CASSINI MISSION:

     The Cassini mission is a collaborative mission between NASA, ESA [European Space Agency] and Italian Space Agency and JPL [Jet Propulsion Laboratory] division of California Institute of Technology. The Cassini with two Onboard Cameras were assembled in JPL Laboratory.

REFERENCE:

• For More Images of Cassini Mission visit http://www.nasa.gov/cassini