Presented here is a complete set of cartographic map sheets from a
high-resolution Iapetus atlas, a project of the Cassini Imaging Team.
The map sheets form a three-quadrangle series covering the entire surface
of Iapetus. As noted on the map, while both Saragossa Terra and Roncevaux
Terra are bright regions on the moon's surface, they are distinct from
each other in that the former has a slightly reddish color and the latter
does not.
The map sheets cover the entire surface of Iapetus at a nominal scale of
1:3,000,000. The map data was acquired by the Cassini imaging experiment.
The mean radius of Iapetus used for projection of the maps is 736
kilometers (457 miles). Names for features have been approved by the
International Astronomical Union (IAU).
Photomosaic Maps
Roland Region (Ste-1)
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Turgis Region (Ste-1)
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Naimon Region (Ste-1)
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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.
