PIA03554: Enceladus Animation

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Target Name: Enceladus Is a satellite of: Saturn Mission: Cassini-Huygens Spacecraft: Cassini Orbiter Instrument: Composite Infrared Spectrometer Imaging Science Subsystem Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle Product Size: 318 samples x 239 lines Produced By: JPL Primary Data Set: Cassini Full-Res TIFF: PIA03554.tif (228.5 kB) Full-Res JPEG: PIA03554.jpg (6.463 kB)

Original Caption Released with Image: Quick Time Movie for PIA03554 Enceladus Animation This animation shows the Cassini spacecraft approaching Saturn's icy moon Enceladus. It shows the highest resolution images obtained of the moon's surface. This is followed by a depiction of Saturn's magnetic field, which interacts with Enceladus' atmosphere and presumed plume coming from the south pole. 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 was designed, developed and assembled at JPL. For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov. Image Credit: NASA/JPL