What Saturn’s moon, Pan looks like

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Start date Mar 10, 2017
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Saturn's moon, Pan, exhibits a unique appearance resembling a "space empanada" due to a prominent ridge that encircles its equator. This distinctive feature is a result of material from Saturn's rings accumulating on its surface. The discussion highlights the visual similarities between Pan and Saturn's rings, emphasizing the moon's unusual shape and geological characteristics.

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Mar 10, 2017

BillTre

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It looks like this:

From http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/03/space-empanada-frozen-ridge-around-saturn-s-moon-pan-collected-planet-s-rings?utm_campaign=news_daily_2017-03-09&et_rid=33537079&et_cid=1207519.

Looks like one of Saturn's rings landed on it.