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The Main Surface Features of Tethys
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Caption NASA:"This view of Tethys displays 3 of the moon's most notable surface features. At upper left is the giant Odysseus impact basin. At lower right is the great scar of Ithaca Chasma. Extending from east to west across the moon is the great swath of terrain that appears slightly darker than the rest of the moon's surface.
This view looks toward the Saturn-facing side of Tethys (1071 Km, or approx. 665 miles across) from 33° above the Equator. North is up.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Jan. 14, 2008. The view was obtained at a distance of approx. 1,2 MKM (such as about 715.000 miles) from Tethys and at a Sun-Tethys-Spacecraft, or phase, angle of 70°.
Image scale is roughly 7 Km (about 4 miles) per pixel".
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