09/05/08: Cassini Detects Arcs of Material at Saturn Moons. Science and Technology Facilities Council Cameras on NASA's Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn have detected faint arcs of material in the orbits of the small Saturnian moons Anthe and Methone, providing further evidence that most of the planet's small, inner moons orbit within partial or complete rings. The faint ring arcs from Anthe and Methone likely consist of material knocked off these small moons by micrometeoroid...
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