by bystander » Mon May 07, 2012 11:31 pm
NASA |
JPL-Caltech |
Cassini Solstice Mission |
CICLOPS | 2012 May 07
Janus' Craters
Shadows darken parts of some of Janus' large craters as Cassini takes a close look during its flyby of this Saturnian moon on March 27, 2012.
See
Profile of Janus and
Blasted Janus for higher resolution views of Janus (111 miles, or 179 kilometers across). See
The Dancing Moons and
Janus-Epimetheus Swing to learn about how Janus periodically swaps orbits with Epimetheus.
This view is centered on terrain at 13 degrees south latitude, 26 degrees west longitude.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera. The view was acquired at a distance of approximately 28,000 miles (45,000 kilometers) from Janus and at a Sun-Janus-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 109 degrees. Image scale is 892 feet (272 meters) per pixel.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
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Shadows darken parts of some of Janus' large craters as Cassini takes a close look during its flyby of this Saturnian moon on March 27, 2012.
See [url=http://www.ciclops.org/view.php?id=5117][b]Profile of Janus[/b][/url] and [url=http://www.ciclops.org/view.php?id=6413][b]Blasted Janus[/b][/url] for higher resolution views of Janus (111 miles, or 179 kilometers across). See [url=http://www.ciclops.org/view.php?id=1951][b]The Dancing Moons[/b][/url] and [url=http://www.ciclops.org/view.php?id=1461][b]Janus-Epimetheus Swing[/b][/url] to learn about how Janus periodically swaps orbits with Epimetheus.
This view is centered on terrain at 13 degrees south latitude, 26 degrees west longitude.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera. The view was acquired at a distance of approximately 28,000 miles (45,000 kilometers) from Janus and at a Sun-Janus-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 109 degrees. Image scale is 892 feet (272 meters) per pixel.
[b][i]Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute [/i][/b][/quote]
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