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Revolving Phoebe (a GIF-Movie by NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute)
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Caption NASA:"Phoebe rotates through nearly one full rotation in this GIF sequence of 9 frames, taken on Cassini's approach to the small Celestial Body on June, 10, 2004. Phoebe rotates on its axis once every 9 hours and 16 minutes; this sequence spans 8 hours and 14 minutes; all 360° of Longitude on Phoebe are visible in the sequence.
The Surface is clearly covered by impact craters of a wide range of sizes, up to 40% of the diameter of the moon, creating rugged topography, illustrated dramatically along the Terminator and Limb.
The images that make up this sequence were obtained at a Sun-Phoebe-Spacecraft angle of 87° and from distances ranging from 877.453 Km (544.898 miles) to 688.924 Km (427,822 miles). The image scale in this sequence ranges from 5,3 to 4,1 Km per pixel. To aid visibility, the images were magnified three times via linear interpolation; no contrast enhancement was performed".
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