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Saturn and Titan

Saturn and Titan, side by side

Saturn and Titan, side by side

EU–(ENEWSPF)–5 March 2012. Titan, Saturn’s largest moon at 5150 km across, looks small here, pictured to the right of the gas giant in this infrared image taken by the Cassini spacecraft.

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Saturn’s rings appear across the top of the image, casting shadows onto the planet across the middle of the image.

A much smaller moon, Prometheus, 86 km across, appears as a tiny white speck above the rings in…

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