
Prometheus draws a fresh streamer of material from the F ring as it passes the ring interior edge. The streamer will continuously shear out as it orbits the planet, becoming more elongated and increasingly aligned with the F ring with time
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PIA08910
Date Created
April 4, 2007
Center
JPL
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