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PIA01399: Saturn's moon Tethys
Saturn's moon Tethys
Target Name: Tethys
Is a satellite of: Saturn
Mission: Voyager
Spacecraft: Voyager 2
Instrument: Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle
Product Size: 250 samples x 170 lines
Produced By: JPL
Producer ID: P23940
Addition Date: 1999-04-11
Primary Data Set: Voyager EDRs
Full-Res TIFF: PIA01399.tif (17.58 kB)
Full-Res JPEG: PIA01399.jpg (6.221 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:
Voyager 2 obtained this view of Saturn's moon Tethys on Aug.25 from a distance of 540,000 kilometers (335,000 miles). It shows the numerous impact craters and fault valleys of a very ancient surface. Tethys itself is 1,090 km. (675 mi.) in diameter, and the great chasm seen at the top of this image extends 1,700 km. (1,050 mi.), halfway across the satellite. The largest impact crater visible here is 90 km. (55 mi.) in diameter. The Voyager project is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
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