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Antimatter Man
Join Date: May 2004
Location: that interweb thing
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Cassini actually flew through the rings during it's orbital insertion (in one of the gaps). It has since crossed the plane a few times.
The Cassini imaging team even made their own movie of a 2007 ring plane crossing.
Crossing isn't in a gap this time, but you still get a sense they're only a maximum of about 10 metres thick (often only dust sized), and see lots of moons on show.
More details on the rings can be found here
All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand.
Last edited by curiousuburb : 2011-03-09 at 14:22.
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