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PIA01395: Saturn - high-resolution filtered image of Enceladus
Saturn - high-resolution filtered image of Enceladus
Target Name: Enceladus
Is a satellite of: Saturn
Mission: Voyager
Spacecraft: Voyager 2
Instrument: Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle
Product Size: 1000 samples x 1000 lines
Produced By: JPL
Producer ID: P23956
Addition Date: 1999-02-23
Primary Data Set: Voyager EDRs
Full-Res TIFF: PIA01395.tif (216.1 kB)
Full-Res JPEG: PIA01395.jpg (64.96 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:
This high-resolution filtered image of Enceladus was made from several images obtained Aug. 25 by Voyager 2 from a range of 119,000 kilometers (74,000 miles). It shows further surface detail on this Saturnian moon (also viewed in the accompanying release P-23955C/BW, S-2-50, imaged about the same time). Enceladus is seen to resemble Jupiter's Galilean satellite Ganymede, which is, however, about 10 times larger. Faintly visible here in "Saturnshine" is the hemisphere turned away from the sun. The Voyager project is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
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