by bystander » Fri Jun 19, 2015 4:19 am
Cassini Sends Back Views After Zooming Past Dione
NASA |
JPL-Caltech |
Cassini Solstice Mission |
CICLOPS | 2015 Jun 18
NASA's Cassini imaging scientists processed this view of Saturn's moon Dione, taken during a close flyby on June 16, 2015. This was Cassini's fourth targeted flyby of Dione and had a close approach altitude of 321 miles (516 kilometers) from Dione's surface.
The bright rings of Saturn can be seen at left, in the background of the image.
North on Dione is up and rotated 44 degrees to the left. The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on June 16, 2015.
The view was acquired at a distance of approximately 48,000 miles (77,000 kilometers) from Dione and at a Sun-Dione-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 128 degrees. Image scale is 1,519 feet (463 meters) per pixel.
NASA's Cassini imaging scientists processed this view of Saturn's moon Dione, taken during a close flyby on June 16, 2015. This was Cassini's fourth targeted flyby of Dione and had a close approach altitude of 321 miles (516 kilometers) from Dione's surface.
Also making an appearance in this image is Saturn's geysering moon Enceladus, seen in the upper right, just above the bright line of Saturn's rings.
North on Dione is up and rotated 44 degrees to the left. The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on June 16, 2015.
The view was acquired at a distance of approximately 48,000 miles (77,000 kilometers) from Dione and at a Sun-Dione-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 128 degrees. Image scale is 3 miles (5 kilometers) per pixel.
[size=120][b][i]Cassini Sends Back Views After Zooming Past Dione[/i][/b][/size]
[url=http://www.nasa.gov/feature/cassini-sends-back-views-after-zooming-past-dione][b]NASA[/b][/url] | [url=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4630][b]JPL-Caltech[/b][/url] | [url=http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/newsreleases/newsrelease20150618/][b]Cassini Solstice Mission[/b][/url] | [url=http://www.ciclops.org/view.php?id=8109][b]CICLOPS[/b][/url] | 2015 Jun 18
[float=left][size=85][img3="[i]Dione's Craggy Surface[/i] - [b][i]Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI[/i][/b]"]http://s3.amazonaws.com/ciclops_ir_2015/8100_19439_1.jpg[/img3][/size][/float]NASA's Cassini imaging scientists processed this view of Saturn's moon Dione, taken during a close flyby on June 16, 2015. This was Cassini's fourth targeted flyby of Dione and had a close approach altitude of 321 miles (516 kilometers) from Dione's surface.
The bright rings of Saturn can be seen at left, in the background of the image.
North on Dione is up and rotated 44 degrees to the left. The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on June 16, 2015.
The view was acquired at a distance of approximately 48,000 miles (77,000 kilometers) from Dione and at a Sun-Dione-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 128 degrees. Image scale is 1,519 feet (463 meters) per pixel.
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[float=left][size=85][img3="[i]In the Company of Dione[/i] - [b][i]Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI[/i][/b]"]http://s3.amazonaws.com/ciclops_ir_2015/8099_19440_1.jpg[/img3][/size][/float]NASA's Cassini imaging scientists processed this view of Saturn's moon Dione, taken during a close flyby on June 16, 2015. This was Cassini's fourth targeted flyby of Dione and had a close approach altitude of 321 miles (516 kilometers) from Dione's surface.
Also making an appearance in this image is Saturn's geysering moon Enceladus, seen in the upper right, just above the bright line of Saturn's rings.
North on Dione is up and rotated 44 degrees to the left. The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on June 16, 2015.
The view was acquired at a distance of approximately 48,000 miles (77,000 kilometers) from Dione and at a Sun-Dione-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 128 degrees. Image scale is 3 miles (5 kilometers) per pixel.