Editing Pan (moon) (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Pan (moon) edge-on.jpg|thumb|right|Pan, photographed by ''[[Cassini–Huygens|Cassini]]'' on March 7, 2017. The thin [[equatorial ridge]] is clearly visible.]]
''[[Cassini-Huygens|Cassini]]'' scientists have described Pan as "[[walnut]]-shaped"<ref>[http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA08320 "PIA08320: Cruising with Pan"], ''[[Planetary Photojournal]]''.</ref> owing to the [[equatorial ridge]], similar to that on [[Atlas (moon)|Atlas]], that is visible in images. The ridge is due to ring material that Pan has swept up from the Encke gap. It has been referred to by journalists as a space [[empanada]], a form of stuffed bread or pastry, as well as a [[ravioli]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chang|first1=Kenneth|title=Pan, Moon of Saturn, Looks Like a Cosmic Ravioli (or Maybe a Walnut)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/science/nasa-cassini-saturn-moon-pan.html?_r=0|access-date=11 March 2017|work=The New York Times|date=10 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="Space empanada">{{Cite web |url=http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/03/space-empanada-frozen-ridge-around-saturn-s-moon-pan-collected-planet-s-rings |title= Stunning close-up of Saturn's moon, Pan, reveals a space empanada |last=Perkins |first=Sid |website=Science |date=2017-03-09}}</ref> A new study suggests that the bizarre shape of Pan could also be due to collisions between tiny [[Moonlet|moonlets]], thus causing them to merge and form Pan (known as the pyramidal regime formation scenario).<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=22 May 2018|title=Here's Why Saturn's Inner Moons Are Shaped Like Ravioli and Potatoes|url=https://www.space.com/amp/40653-saturns-weird-moon-shapes-explained.html|access-date=8 February 2021|website=Space.com}}</ref>