Closest images of Saturn's moon Pan

[B.J.]

https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/3005/cassini-reveals-strange-shape-of-saturns-moon-pan/

Since Cassini is going to do the death plunge in ~6 months, they're getting closer to the rings and some of the tiny moons, including 35km Pan. The most popular theory for the Space Ravioli shape right now is that the ridge is dust from the rings that have accumulated on Pan's equator. Some of Saturn's other moons also have a central ridge, but most aren't this extreme.

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

That's not a moon. It's a flying saucer!!!

 

[Gov Kodos]

That's not a moon. It's a flying saucer!!!

It's a pasty.

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

I thought it looked like a Creamy Filling Werther's Original.

https://groceries.morrisons.com/pro...g?identifier=07113249f822c88699aa65e067052654

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

It's a space-borne alien from Galaxy's Child.

 

[publiusr]

Stone Trek lives:
http://www.americaspace.com/2017/03...-up-images-of-saturns-ravioli-moon-and-rings/

It is far away--and in the grasp of Saturn's gravity well.
And yet--it might be the most easily mined body in the Solar System. The ring accumulation is already very fine--and I can see a craft with a tether attached to either pole rolling over the top of the rim--and producing water bags or something out the backside.

Better than a lobe of a contact binary rolling over in a big game of Jenga.

Fitting for such a whimsy to be named "Pan."

 

[Space Coast]

It's a giant Pierogi. But is it filled with cheese, potatoes, or meat?

 

[Spider]

Full color images of Pan reveal red streaks, possibly oxidized iron molecules or spaghetti sauce.

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

...or raspberry ripple sauce?