
Hiding within the Encke gap is the small moon Pan, partly in shadow and party cut off by the outer A ring in this view. Similar to Atlas, Pan appears to have a slight ridge around its middle; and like Atlas, Pan orbit also coincides with a faint ringlet
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PIA08230
Date Created
July 27, 2006
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JPL
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