The Encke Division, also called the Encke Gap, is a perceived gap within Saturn's A Ring. Download high resolution version (718x723, 37 KB)The Encke Division within Saturns rings. ... Download high resolution version (718x723, 37 KB)The Encke Division within Saturns rings. ... Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 140 kPa Hydrogen >93% Helium >5% Methane 0. ... In this image of Saturn, the A Ring is the outer of the two wide rings The A ring is one of the rings of Saturn. ...
The division starts at a distance 133,580 kilometers from Saturn's center extending another 325 kilometers. Within this gap, Saturn's moon Pan orbits. A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer) (symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). ... Pan (pan, Greek Πάν) is a moon of Saturn, named after the god Pan. ...
Images from the Cassini probe have shown that there is a thin, knotted ringlet within the gap. This is an artists concept of Cassini during the Saturn Orbit Insertion (SOI) maneuver, just after the main engine has begun firing. ...
Encke studied mathematics and astronomy from 1811 at the University of Göttingen under Carl Friedrich Gauss; but he enlisted in the Hanseatic Legion for the campaign of 18131814, and became lieutenant of artillery in the Prussian service in 1815.
Encke predicted its return for 1822, but this return was only observable from the southern hemisphere and was seen by K. Ruemker from Australia.
The first object of this family, the Encke comet, was named after him and so it is one of the few comets not named after the discoverer, but after the one who calculated the orbit.
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