Daphnis makes waves in a ring of ice — ChillScroll

Tiny Daphnis in a narrow dark ring gap with scalloped waves along both bright edges

Daphnis makes waves in a ring of ice

The tiny moon Daphnis travels inside a narrow gap in Saturn's A ring. Its gravity pulls on nearby ring particles, shaping both edges of the gap into repeating waves.

The moon passes through; the bright ring keeps a neat ripple behind it.

Source · NASA Science ↗