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Saturn's moon Rhea seen by Cassini

author: Nasa/JPL/Novapix

reference: a-sat05-25102

Image Size 300 DPI: 55 * 59 cm

After a couple of years in high-inclination orbits that limited its ability to encounter Saturn's moons, NASA's Cassini spacecraft returned to Saturn's equatorial plane in March 2015.Image taken using clear, green, infrared and ultraviolet spectral filters were combined to create these enhanced color views, which offer an expanded range of the colors visible to human eyes in order to highlight subtle color differences across Rhea's surface. The moon's surface is fairly uniform in natural color.This view at right is centered at 9 degrees north latitude, 254 degrees west longitude. Resolution in this mosaic is 300 meters (984 feet) per pixel. The image was acquired at a distance that ranged from about 36,000 to 32,100 miles (57,900 to 51,700 kilometers) from Rhea.

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2015 - ASTRONOMY - CASSINI - IMPACT CRATER - POSTER - RHEA - SATELLITE - SATURN - SATURN'S MOON -