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Enceladus and Tethys
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Caption NASA originale:"In this unusual view, Cassini captured two icy moons of Saturn, Tethys and Enceladus, in a single narrow-angle frame. Little detail is visible on the surface of bright Enceladus, but battered Tethys shows many craters and the huge canyon system, Ithaca Chasma. Tethys has a diameter of 1.071 Km (approx. 665 miles) across, while Enceladus is 505 Km (approx. 314 miles) across.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Jan. 29, 2005, at a distance of approx. 3,7 MKM (approx. 2,3 MMs) from Tethys and 3,5 MKM (approx. 2,2 MMs) from Enceladus. Resolution in the original image was 22 Km (approx. 14 miles) per pixel on Tethys and 21 Km (approx. 13 miles) per pixel on Enceladus. The image has been contrast-enhanced and magnified by a factor of two to aid visibility".
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