This global map of Saturn's moon Enceladus was created using images taken
during Cassini spacecraft flybys, with Voyager images filling in the gaps
in Cassini's coverage.
The map is an equidistant (simple cylindrical) projection and has a scale
of 440 meters (1,444 feet) per pixel at the equator. The mean radius of
Enceladus used for projection of this map is 252 kilometers (157 miles).
This mosaic map is an update to the version released in December 2006 (see
PIA08342). The mosaic was shifted by 3.5 degrees to the west,
compared to the previous version, to be consistent with the International
Astronomical Union longitude definition for Enceladus.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European
Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages
the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The
Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and
assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center is based at the Space
Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/. The Cassini imaging team
homepage is at http://ciclops.org.
