images

Saturn and satellite Mimas seen by Cassini spacecraft

by

Nasa/JPL/SSI/Novapix

Reference

a-sat05-10042

Date

2008-10-02

This image was obtained with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on Dec. 16, 2007, at a distance of approximately 1.4 million kilometers (900,000 miles) from Saturn. Mimas (397 kilometers, or 247 miles across) is visible at upper left. Although unseen in this view, Enceladus (504 kilometers, or 313 miles across) casts its shadow upon the planet. The rings also block the sun's light from the low latitudes of the northern hemisphere.