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Faint D Ring

Posted on Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Uploaded by Waspie_Dwarf
Faint D Ring
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Uploader comment: Not all of Saturn's rings are created equal: here the C and D rings appear side-by-side, but the C ring, which occupies the bottom half of this image, clearly outshines its neighbor. The D ring appears fainter than the C ring because it is comprised of less material.


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