12.1.10

Dwarves and Giants


Image source
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

This rather elegant Cassini image lends something of a sense of scale to Saturn as we see it dwarfing 1500km wide Rhea.

3 comments:

Zhoen said...

How big is big? How small is small?

Geosomin said...

I think the belt is rather slimming...

Pacian said...

@Zhoen: If it's rounded out by its own gravity: big. Otherwise: small.

@Geo: I'm sure Saturn is very flattered.