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After the occultation...
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Caption NASA originale:"Two slim crescents smile toward the Cassini spacecraft following an occultation event.
Taken only 5 minutes after Enceladus first approached the limb of Rhea, this view shows the bright little moon emerging from behind the larger moon's crescent.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on July 4, 2006 at a distance of approx. 1,4 MKM (about 800.000 miles) from Rhea and approx. 1,9 MKM (about 1,2 MMs) from Enceladus. The view was obtained at a Sun-moon-spacecraft, or phase, angle of about 142° relative to both moons.
Image scale is about 8 Km (5 miles) per pixel on Rhea and approx. 11 Km (about 7 miles) on Enceladus".
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