#PPOD: Shown in the center of this image, Pan (28 kilometers) orbits within the Encke Gap of the A ring. Other bright specks in the image are background stars. As Saturn approaches its August 2009 equinox, the planet's moons cast shadows onto the rings. This view looks toward the unilluminated side of the rings from about 51 degrees above the ringplane. The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft on May 2, 2009. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute/CICLOPS
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