SATURN EQUINOX PICTURE: Mystery Object Pierces a Ring

Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 16:42 in Astronomy & Space

In the weeks leading up to today's Saturn equinox, a possible moonlet punctured one of the planet's thin outer rings, creating a glittering structure unlike anything seen before.

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