A View of Five of Saturn’s Moons
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A quintet of Saturn's moons come together in the Cassini spacecraft's field of view for this portrait.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
The image above was taken in visible green light with Cassini’s narrow-angle camera on July 29, 2011.
Cassini was at a distance of roughly 1.1 million kilometers from Rhea and 1.8 million kilometers from Enceladus.
The camera view is aimed toward the northern, sunlit side of the rings.
In the image are five of Saturn’s moons:
Janus (179 kilometers in diameter) is on the far left.
Pandora (81 kilometers in diameter) orbits between Saturn’s A and F rings.
Enceladus (504 kilometers in diameter) shines brightly just above center.
Rhea (1,528 kilometers in diameter) Saturn’s second largest moon is at the far right.
Mimas (396 kilometers in diameter) can be seen to the left of Rhea.
Source:NASA Image of the Day Gallery
Ray Sanders is a Sci-Fi geek, astronomer and blogger. Currently researching variable stars at Arizona State University, he writes for Universe Today, The Planetary Society blog, and his own blog, Dear Astronomer
2012-12-04 08:06:40
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