See what happens when I try to do things when the Sun is *above* the horizon? :-) Here's the link I forgot to include: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02884 Patrick Joe Bauman wrote:

Patrick, I can't see it -- did you forget to send the pic along? Thanks, Joe

Joe, Just how do you mean Saturn being off-kilter? It seems perfectly centered within the rings if you take in account the shadowed limb of Saturn. dlb On Saturday, November 2, 2002, at 06:29 PM, Joe Bauman wrote:

OK, Patrick, just out of curiosity: Why is Saturn off-kilter in relation to the rings? Is it because Cassini is coming at it from a different angle than we ever see it? But it seems to me we should be able to see it off-kilter too depending on the geometry of the planets' orbits ... I am stumped. -- Joe

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Hi Joe, Joe Bauman wrote:

OK, Patrick, just out of curiosity: Why is Saturn off-kilter in relation to the rings?

I think it's just an optical illusion caused by the spacecraft being so far below the planet. Patrick