check NASA Saturn Mission Prepares for 'Ring-Grazing Orbits'

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Cassini will pass within 4,900 miles (7,900 kilometers) of Saturn’s F ring during this orbit.

During this orbit, Cassini’s Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph (UVIS) observes Saturn’s northern aurora. Cassini’s visible light camera, the Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS), again observes the unexplained red streaks on Saturn’s moon Tethys.

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Cassini will pass within 4,900 miles (7,900 kilometers) of Saturn’s F ring during this orbit.

During this orbit, Cassini’s visible light camera, the Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS), observes the ring propeller Earhart at better resolution than 1 kilometer per pixel, with hopes to reveal new details of the propeller’s structure. (The larger propellers are informally named for famous aviators.)

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