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NASA's Cassini spacecraft took the images from its closest encounter with Pan, revealing its distinctive dumpling shape..
In other news, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission has delivered a capsule of rocks and dust collected from asteroid Bennu, which will help scientists understand planet formation and the origin of life on Earth.AgenciesThe ridge around Pan's equator is similar to Saturns moon Atlas, and gives the moon its distinctive dumpling shape..
NASA revealed that its Cassini spacecraft took the images from 15,300 miles (24,600 km) which happens to be its closest encounter with the moon, which is called Pan...
This was the spacecraft's closest encounter with Pan, improving the level of detail seen on the little moon from previous observations," NASA said in the post...
In other news, NASAs OSIRIS-REx (short for Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security - Regolith Explorer) recently delivered on Earth a capsule of rocks and dust collected from asteroid Bennu in 2020..
