![]() Two other known regular satellites orbit within gaps in Saturn's rings. They include the seven major satellites, four small moons that exist in a trojan orbit with larger moons, two mutually co-orbital moons and two moons that act as shepherds of Saturn's F Ring. Twenty-four of Saturn's moons are regular satellites they have prograde orbits not greatly inclined to Saturn's equatorial plane. ![]() Particularly notable among Saturn's moons are Titan, the second- largest moon in the Solar System (after Jupiter's Ganymede), with a nitrogen-rich Earth-like atmosphere and a landscape featuring dry river networks and hydrocarbon lakes, Enceladus, which emits jets of gas and dust from its south-polar region, and Iapetus, with its contrasting black and white hemispheres. Seven Saturnian moons are large enough to have collapsed into a relaxed, ellipsoidal shape, though only one or two of those, Titan and possibly Rhea, are currently in hydrostatic equilibrium. Saturn has 83 moons with confirmed orbits that are not embedded in its rings – of which only 13 have diameters greater than 50 kilometers – as well as dense rings that contain millions of embedded moonlets and innumerable smaller ring particles. ![]() The moons of Saturn are numerous and diverse, ranging from tiny moonlets only tens of meters across to enormous Titan, which is larger than the planet Mercury. From left to right: Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea Titan in the background Iapetus (top right) and irregularly shaped Hyperion (bottom right). New! Pictures taken by japanese probe KAGUYA and put online by JAXA agency, 160 new pictures of main Nearside formations taken with a low angle.Images of several moons of Saturn. Note : This library will not be completed in the future because of the availability of the high resolution Photographic Clementine texture (500 m). (Formations whose official name begins with A and B) Nearside formations pictures taken by american and soviet probes :įormations pictures taken by Clementine american probe :ĭifferent from LOPAM pictures, These new photos have been taken with a solar vertical lighting and show albedo variations in formations. ![]() Luna, Ranger, Lunar Orbiter 1,2,3,5 And Surveyor Probes They show formations with angular views different from the view from earth. New! Nearside formations pictures extracted from Consolidated Lunar Atlas put online by the Lunar and Planetary InstituteĪPOLLO pictures of Nearside taken from orbit by Apollo 8, 10, 11, 12 ,13 ,14 ,15 ,16 and 17 missions from 1968 to 1972. Nearside formations pictures extracted from Lunar Astronautical Charts and Lunar Maps put online by the Lunar and Planetary Institute Lunar Astronautical Charts &Amp Lunar Maps #Saturn moon atlas pancake download#The pictures library for those who don’t want to download more !Īpollo Mapping Cameras pictures from missions Apollo 15,16 & 17 put online by Lunar and Planetary Institute Details to 300 m / pixel.ġ30 pictures of the most famous lunar formations. Pictures extracted from LOPAM and taken by Lunar Orbiter 4 probe. New version destripped using Niels Noordhoek routine (Thanks to him !) Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas Of The Moon ( Lopam )Ĭontains more than 1000 pictures extracted from LOPAM and taken by Lunar Orbiter 4 probe. – Nearside formations pictures by Zac Pujic, Mike Wirths and Craig Zerbe (Thanks to them !) – Nearside formations pictures by Wes Higgins (Thanks to him !) – Nearside formations pictures by Paolo Lazzarotti, (Thanks to him !) Includes 3 pictures libraries with some best amateur formation pictures. ![]() Ideal texture for using with scientific overlays. New! Topographic map drawn with airbrush and without albedo hues. New! Very high resolution photographic texture with shadowed relief realized from Lunar Orbiters data. High resolution Lunar Orbiter photographic texture New! Photographic texture covering complete lunar globe realized from Clementine probe data (CopyrightÂUSGS / AstrogeologyÂ. Download Add-ons High resolution Clementine photographic textures ![]()
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