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Saturn's moon Tethys seen by Cassini spacecraft

author: Nasa/JPL/SSI/Novapix

reference: a-sat05-31002

Image Size 300 DPI: 11 * 11 cm

The Cassini spacecraft provides an excellent view of the southernmost reaches of the great rift of Tethys"Ithaca Chasma. The view is centered on terrain at 43 degrees south latitude, 52 degrees west longitude. North on Tethys (1,062 kilometers, or 660 miles across) is up and rotated 28 degrees to the right. The image was taken in visible green light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on May 10, 2008. The view was acquired at a distance of approximately 183,000 kilometers (114,000 miles) from Tethys and at a Sun-Tethys-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 73 degrees. Image scale is 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) per pixel.

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2008 - ASTRONOMY - BLACK AND WHITE - CANYON - CASSINI - CRATER - IMPACT CRATER - RIFT - SATELLITE - SATURN - SATURN'S MOON - TETHYS -