Images of Saturn (11) - Sixty for Saturn

Images of Saturn (11) - Sixty for Saturn

The 60th moon of Saturn reveals itself in this image. The discovery
suggests that the new moon, along with its neighbors Methone and
Pallene (discovered by the Cassini imaging team in 2004), may form
part of a larger group of moons in this region.

Initial calculations show the moon to have a width of approximately 2
kilometers (1.2 miles), with an orbit that lies between those of the
moons Methone and Pallene. The moon's orbit is in resonance with
another moon, Mimas, also seen in this sequence as a very bright
object. The new moon's location is indicated by a red box.

The (narrow) ring visible in the images is the G ring, and the G ring
arc passes through the field of view during the course of the movie.
Calypso, a Trojan moon of Tethys, is also visible in the sequence.
Trojan moons are found near gravitationally stable points ahead or
behind a larger moon.

http://www.martin-nicholson.info/saturn/saturn11.htm

Martin Nicholson, Daventry, England.
http://www.martin-nicholson.info/1/1a.htm

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