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Spacecraft Trajectory
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December 16, 2004
Spacecraft Trajectory
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The right-hand limb of Saturn's moon Mimas appears flattened as Herschel Crater is viewed edge-on in this Cassini spacecraft image. The planet's rings are in the background. Herschel Crater is 130...
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The Cassini spacecraft spies two of the small, irregular moons that patrol the outer edges of Saturn's main rings. Prometheus (102 kilometers, or 63 miles across) hugs the interior of the F ring r...
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Saturn's moon Helene, seen here with Saturn's nearly edge-on rings, orbits 60 degrees ahead of Dione and is called a "Trojan" moon. The tiny moon Polydeuces (about 5 kilometers or 3 miles across, r...
Dione's Companion
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This view of Saturn's moon Rhea includes two large and ancient impact basins and a more recent, bright ray crater. The large basin above center is named Tirawa. This feature (and the similar-size...
Crater Comparison
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