Mastodawn

🇪🇺May 5, 2025

This is Daphnis, one of Saturn's moons. This image shows its unusual gravitational effect on Saturn's rings ...

Daphnis is only about 8 km wide, but its gravity disturbs Saturn's A ring, creating ripples and edge waves. It orbits within the Keeler Gap, a 42 km-wide gap in the rings. This image shows how even small moons can shape massive ring systems.

⬇️ It's a render from 2016 by Kevin Gill. Lots of discussions in the replies.

I just checked:

Daphnis' escape velocity is 1m/s. So, you could stand on it and walk around carefully, but a normal jump would send you into the void or rather into your personal Saturn orbit.

How fucking amazing is it that it can create such a visible effect on the rings?!