Pan
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Pan is the innermost moon of Saturn. It orbits inside of the Encke Gap in Saturn's w:Rings of Saturn#A Ring acting as a shepherd keeping the Encke Gap clear. Pan was imaged by Voyager 2 during its flyby of Saturn in 1981. Pan was predicted by Jeffrey N Cuzzi and Jeffrey D Scargle in 1985 based on the characteristics of the gap, then was found in a number of images.
Pan in Orbiter
Pan was introduced to Orbiter with the release of isaturn.zip in 2002.
Add-on | Source | Version | Author | Type | Release Date | Compatibility | Wiki article |
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Inner Moons of Saturn | AVSIM | Rolf Keibel | Scenery | 15 October 2002 |
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Pan as seen by Cassini on 7 March 2017
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