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The scale of Saturn
A very zoomed view of the ringed planet from Cassini. That moon on the left, below the rings? It’s the size of Colorado. Saturn’s big.
As Phil Plait said: “The Universe is huge, and we’ve barely dipped our toes into it.”
(via Bad Astronomy)
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The scale of Saturn

A very zoomed view of the ringed planet from Cassini. That moon on the left, below the rings? It’s the size of Colorado. Saturn’s big.

As Phil Plait said: “The Universe is huge, and we’ve barely dipped our toes into it.”

(via Bad Astronomy)

Source: blogs.discovermagazine.com

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