Re: Saturn shadow transit.

On Sun, 08 May 2005 21:28:33 -0700, Uncle Bob
<realonespam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Have you ever witnessed such an event on Saturn? I have never seen a
>photo of one. Are these events visible when the rings aren't edge on to
>earth? It would seem so to me.
>
>Clear Skies,
>Uncle Bob

Here's a picture from HST of a Titan shadow transit from the last time
the orbital plane of Saturn's rings and moons were edge-on to us:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap981018.html

Titan shadow transits should be easy enough to observe when the
orbital plane of Saturn's rings and moons are edge-on to us again in a
few years (2009). Shadow transits of the other smaller moons will
probably require a large instrument to observe.

-Drew

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