PIA02270: Rhea - multiple impact craters

Target Name: Rhea Is a satellite of: Saturn Mission: Voyager Spacecraft: Voyager 1 Instrument: Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle Product Size: 796 samples x 796 lines Produced By: JPL Producer ID: P23102 Addition Date: 2000-05-23 Primary Data Set: Voyager EDRs Full-Res TIFF: PIA02270.tif (527.9 kB) Full-Res JPEG: PIA02270.jpg (129 kB)

Original Caption Released with Image: Multiple impact craters are seen on the ancient surface of Saturn's moon Rhea in this picture taken by Voyager 1 on Nov. 12, 1980 at a range of 73,000 kilometers (45,000 miles). The craters closely resemble those on Mercury and Earth's Moon. Many of the craters have central peaks formed by rebound of the floor during the explosive formation of the crater. The craters are old and degraded by later impacts. Crater diameters seen are as large as approximately 75 kilometers (45 miles). Many have sharp rims and appear relatively fresh while others are very shallow and have subdued rims, indicative of their antiquity. The Voyager Project is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Image Credit: NASA/JPL