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Saturn seen by Cassini spacecraft

auteur: Nasa/JPL/SSI/Novapix

référence: a-sat05-00050

Image Size 300 DPI: 75 * 38 cm

This mosaic consists of 126 images acquired on Oct. 6, 2004, while Cassini was approximately 6.3 million kilometers (3.9 million miles) from Saturn. The smallest features seen here are 38 kilometers (24 miles) across. Tiny Mimas and even smaller Janus satellites are both faintly visible at the lower left.

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2004 - ASTRONOMY - CASSINI - GLOBAL VIEW - JANUS - MIMAS - PLANET - POSTER - RING - SATELLITE - SATURN - SATURN'S MOON - SHADOW -