PIA03554: Enceladus Animation

 Enceladus Animation
Target Name: Enceladus
Mission: Cassini
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
Full-Res TIFF: PIA03554.tif (228.5 kB)
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QuickTime Movie: PIA03554.mov (8.964 MB)

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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





Image and caption provided by the Planetary Photojournal -- PIA03554