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Epimetheus, from approx. 87.000 Km
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Caption originale:"From 34° above Saturn's equatorial plane, Cassini gazed down at Saturn's moon Epimetheus. The region seen here includes territory farther North and East than that imaged in March 2005 (PIA06226).
The two largest craters visible here are the only officially named features on Epimetheus. The crater at the left (at about the 9 o'clock position) is named Pollux; the crater at lower left (containing a string of several smaller craters) is called Hilairea. Epimetheus is 116 Km (about 72 miles) across. The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on July 14, 2005, at a distance of approx. 87.000 Km (about 54.000 miles) from Epimetheus and at a phase angle of 95°. The image scale is 520 mt (approx. 1710 feet) per pixel".
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