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Dione and Epimetheus
Caption NASA originale:"Cassini looks toward Saturn's night side in this view, capturing a glimpse of Dione's tortured surface in the foreground and a far-off view of Epimetheus, beyond Saturn. The spacecraft was just 1/10th of a degree above the ring-plane when this image was taken. 
Parts of Dione's surface have been stretched and ripped apart by tectonic forces. Some of these faults are visible here, as is a large impact basin (not seen in NASA Voyager spacecraft images) near the moon's South Pole. Although this crater's diameter has not yet been measured by imaging scientists, it appears to be wider than 250 Km, which would make it the largest impact structure yet identified on this moon. 
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on May 5, 2005, at a distance of approx. 910.000 Km from Dione; 1,28 MKM from Epimetheus and 1,42 MKM from Saturn. The image scale is 5 Km per pixel on Dione and 9 Km per pixel on Epimetheus".
Parole chiave: Saturn's Moons - Dione and Epimetheus

Dione and Epimetheus

Caption NASA originale:"Cassini looks toward Saturn's night side in this view, capturing a glimpse of Dione's tortured surface in the foreground and a far-off view of Epimetheus, beyond Saturn. The spacecraft was just 1/10th of a degree above the ring-plane when this image was taken.
Parts of Dione's surface have been stretched and ripped apart by tectonic forces. Some of these faults are visible here, as is a large impact basin (not seen in NASA Voyager spacecraft images) near the moon's South Pole. Although this crater's diameter has not yet been measured by imaging scientists, it appears to be wider than 250 Km, which would make it the largest impact structure yet identified on this moon.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on May 5, 2005, at a distance of approx. 910.000 Km from Dione; 1,28 MKM from Epimetheus and 1,42 MKM from Saturn. The image scale is 5 Km per pixel on Dione and 9 Km per pixel on Epimetheus".

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Nome del file:DioneandEpimetheus-PIA07525.jpg
Nome album:Saturn: the "Ringed Beauty" and His Moons
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Parole chiave:Saturn's / Moons / - / Dione / and / Epimetheus
Copyright:NASA - Cassini Mission
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Data di inserimento:Giu 22, 2005
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