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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) often shares interesting content on social media that leaves netizens amazed. On Wednesday, the space agency shared a stunning image of Saturn and its moon Mimas that was captured by its Cassini spacecraft from around 5,76,000 miles (9,27,000 kms) away.
The Cassini spacecraft captured this view as it zoomed through Saturn’s system, studying the gas giant’s atmosphere, magnetosphere, moons and rings. The agency also shared interesting facts about the ringed planet like it being similarly tilted like Earth and seasons there last seven Earth years.
“Our Cassini spacecraft captured this view of Saturn and its moon Mimas from around 576,000 miles (927,000 km) away as it zoomed through Saturn’s system, studying the gas giant’s atmosphere, magnetosphere, moons, and rings. Though the lean in the image is just a result from the perspective of Cassini, Saturn is similarly tilted like Earth. Seasons on the ringed planet last seven Earth years. Accompanying Cassini on its journey, the lander probe Huygens – in cooperation with the @EuropeanSpaceAgency and the @AgenziaSpazialeItaliana – made history as the first human-made object to land on a world in the distant outer solar system, landing on Saturn’s largest moon Titan in 2005. Together, Cassini-Huygens revealed much about the stormy gas giant and its many moons, showing us that Titan may be one of the best places to search for life in our solar system,” the caption said.
“Oh wow.. Saturn is HUGE compared to that moon,” commented a user. “I can’t imagine how hard is a Winter for 7 years…; it should be a little bit sad…” wrote another. “Perfection! I love seeing the shadows from the rings,” expressed a third.
