{"id":13805,"date":"2017-02-04T02:20:12","date_gmt":"2017-02-04T07:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13805"},"modified":"2017-02-04T14:24:32","modified_gmt":"2017-02-04T19:24:32","slug":"cassini-views-the-little-moon-daphnis-up-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13805","title":{"rendered":"Cassini views the little moon Daphnis up close"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In early January, the <a href=\"https:\/\/saturn.jpl.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cassini spacecraft<\/a>\u00a0took this\u00a0marvelous shot of\u00a0the small moon <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Daphnis_(moon)\" target=\"_blank\">Daphnis<\/a>\u00a0as it travels along\u00a0in a gap in Saturn&#8217;s rings:\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/saturn.jpl.nasa.gov\/resources\/7589\/\">Cassini: Mission to Saturn: Daphnis Up Close<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_13869\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13869\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/saturn.jpl.nasa.gov\/resources\/7589\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13869\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=13869\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/7589_PIA210561.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1020,1020\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"7589_PIA21056[1]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/7589_PIA210561.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-13869\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/7589_PIA210561.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/7589_PIA210561.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/7589_PIA210561-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/7589_PIA210561-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/7589_PIA210561-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13869\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The wavemaker moon, Daphnis, is featured in this view, taken as NASA&#8217;s Cassini spacecraft made one of its ring-grazing passes over the outer edges of Saturn&#8217;s rings on Jan. 16, 2017. This is the closest view of the small moon obtained yet. Daphnis (5 miles or 8 kilometers across) orbits within the 42-kilometer (26-mile) wide Keeler Gap. Cassini&#8217;s viewing angle causes the gap to appear narrower than it actually is, due to foreshortening. The little moon&#8217;s gravity raises waves in the edges of the gap in both the horizontal and vertical directions. Cassini was able to observe the vertical structures <a href=\"https:\/\/saturn.jpl.nasa.gov\/resources\/4543\/\" target=\"_blank\">in 2009<\/a>, around the time of Saturn&#8217;s equinox. [<a href=\"https:\/\/saturn.jpl.nasa.gov\/resources\/7589\/\" target=\"_blank\">Full caption and larger images<\/a>]<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>Check out the latest\u00a0Cassini shots from the Saturnian system in the <a href=\"https:\/\/saturn.jpl.nasa.gov\/galleries\/images\/\" target=\"_d\">Mission to Saturn Images gallery<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/saturn.jpl.nasa.gov\/galleries\/raw-images\/\">Raw Images gallery<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?t=hobbyspace&amp;o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=primegift&amp;banner=10BSGCHPCJG0HZN45H82&amp;f=ifr&amp;lc=pf4&amp;linkID=LAMTCOYAXGZKVLOL\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In early January, the Cassini spacecraft\u00a0took this\u00a0marvelous shot of\u00a0the small moon Daphnis\u00a0as it travels along\u00a0in a gap in Saturn&#8217;s rings:\u00a0Cassini: Mission to Saturn: Daphnis Up Close\u00a0 Check out the latest\u00a0Cassini shots from the Saturnian system in the Mission to Saturn Images gallery\u00a0and the\u00a0Raw Images gallery.\u00a0 ====<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,87,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-titan","category-et-al","category-space-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3AF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13840,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13840","url_meta":{"origin":13805,"position":0},"title":"Cassini returns detailed views of Saturn&#8217;s rings","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 31, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"NASA's Cassini probe at Saturn returns amazing views of the outer rings as it makes its final orbits before plunging into the planet's atmosphere on September 15th : Close Views Show Saturn's Rings in Unprecedented Detail Newly released images showcase the incredible closeness with which NASA's Cassini spacecraft, now in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Gas giants Saturn, Jupiter, et al&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Gas giants Saturn, Jupiter, et al","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=87"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/PIA21060_hires1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":14286,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14286","url_meta":{"origin":13805,"position":1},"title":"Video: Cassini flies between Saturn and its rings for first time","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The Cassini spacecraft survived its first pass through the gap between Saturn and its rings: NASA Spacecraft Dives Between Saturn and Its Rings\u00a0 https:\/\/youtu.be\/BQmTdYPVJxM NASA's Cassini spacecraft is back in contact with Earth after its successful first-ever dive through the narrow gap between the planet Saturn and its rings on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Gas giants Saturn, Jupiter, et al&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Gas giants Saturn, Jupiter, et al","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=87"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/main_w001063601.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13637,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13637","url_meta":{"origin":13805,"position":2},"title":"Cassini captures great views of Saturn&#8217;s hexagonal north pole","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 13, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Some recent images of Saturn's hexagon shaped cloud patter on its north pole: Cassini Beams Back First Images from New Orbit NASA's Cassini spacecraft has sent to Earth its first views of Saturn\u2019s atmosphere since beginning the latest phase of its mission. The new images show scenes from high above\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Europa, Titan, &amp; other deep space sites&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Europa, Titan, &amp; other deep space sites","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=98"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/pia210531.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13919,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13919","url_meta":{"origin":13805,"position":3},"title":"Cassini: Magnetic anomaly leads to an ocean world circling Saturn","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 16, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Saturn's little moon Enceladus has turned out to be one of the most interesting objects in the solar system: Cassini: Mission to Saturn: An Ice World...With an Ocean? How a puzzling sensor reading transformed NASA\u2019s Cassini Saturn mission and created a new target in the search for habitable worlds beyond\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Europa, Titan, &amp; other deep space sites&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Europa, Titan, &amp; other deep space sites","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=98"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/SaturnMagneticFieldAtEnceladus.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":14168,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14168","url_meta":{"origin":13805,"position":4},"title":"Video: Briefing previews Cassini&#8217;s Grande Finale at Saturn","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 9, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"An earlier posting here described the \"Grande Finale\" of the Cassini spacecraft\u00a0mission to Saturn. Here is a panel news conference held last week in which the panelists talked about the final activities of the spacecraft starting with a final close flyby of Saturn's moon Titan on April 22 [which] will\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Europa, Titan, &amp; other deep space sites&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Europa, Titan, &amp; other deep space sites","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=98"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/G9lFTYLr2AY\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":14148,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14148","url_meta":{"origin":13805,"position":5},"title":"Video: Cassini&#8217;s Grand Finale at Saturn","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 5, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"After nearly 2 decades in service, the Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn will end its career by diving into the gas giant's atmosphere on September 15th:\u00a0The Grand Finale. Between April and September 2017, Cassini will undertake a daring set of orbits that is, in many ways, like a whole new mission.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Gas giants Saturn, Jupiter, et al&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Gas giants Saturn, Jupiter, et al","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=87"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/xrGAQCq9BMU\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13805"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13870,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13805\/revisions\/13870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}