* Astronomy

Scrambling Saturn's B-ring

Clumpy particles in Saturn's B-ring provide stark contrast to the delicately ordered ringlets seen in the rest of this view presented by the Cassini spacecraft.
Saturn's B-ring is the largest and brightest of the gas giant's rings, the outer portion of which is seen in the left side of this image.
The ring's outside edge is influenced by meddling moon Mimas, which orbits the planet once for every two circuits the icy ring particles complete.
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