This February, the Hubble Space Telescope took a picture of four moons of Saturn passing in front of their parent planet which can be seen here and here. Such events are rare, and only happen when the tilt of Saturn's ring plane is nearly "edge on" as seen from Earth. Enjoy!
Friday, March 20, 2009
Quadruple Saturn Moon Transit Snapped by Hubble
Posted by You'd Prefer an Astronaut at 11:04 AM
Labels: Hubble Space Telescope, NASA, pretty pictures, saturn
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