#In the draft of this post I didn't clarify if it was Prometheus the moon or Prometheus the satellite
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celestialdaily · 28 days ago
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The celestial object of the day is Prometheus!
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This shepherd moon (a moon that thanks to its gravitational influence helps to hold the planet's rings) generates "ring streamers" when it's closest to said ring by pulling material to itself (as shown in the first photo).
#Image credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute#GUESS WHO'S BACK!!#International moon day is close so I had to come back#I'll try to be more active but I don't promise anything lmao#In the draft of this post I didn't clarify if it was Prometheus the moon or Prometheus the satellite#Hope I got the right one lmao#astronomy facts#astrophotography#astronomy#outer space#space#space exploration#space photography#astrophysics#nasa#prometheus#Prometheus moon#saturn#saturn's moons#astronomy photography#Cassini-Huygens#Celestial object of the day#I said ring so many times...
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