NASA's Challenge To The Internet: Find Saturn's Third Moon In This Image
- 8 years ago
On first glance the two moons of Rhea and Enceladus appear on either side of Saturn's rings. But look closer and you'll see a tiny speck in between them. That's Atlas.
What appears to be two is actually three.
Saturn's moons Enceladus and Rhea stand out starkly against the dark black of deep space—appearing above and below the planet's famous rings.
Yet almost hidden and perhaps not quite discernible at first glance, is a tiny speck of a moon called Atlas.
It's stashed away in between two ring lines and sits to the upper left of the much-larger-appearing Rhea.
NASA notes, "This view looks toward the unilluminated side of the rings from about 0.34 degrees below the ring pl
What appears to be two is actually three.
Saturn's moons Enceladus and Rhea stand out starkly against the dark black of deep space—appearing above and below the planet's famous rings.
Yet almost hidden and perhaps not quite discernible at first glance, is a tiny speck of a moon called Atlas.
It's stashed away in between two ring lines and sits to the upper left of the much-larger-appearing Rhea.
NASA notes, "This view looks toward the unilluminated side of the rings from about 0.34 degrees below the ring pl