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Saturn’s Satellite Dione
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Caption:
This picture of Saturn's satellite Dione was taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on Nov. 9, 1980 from a distance of 4.2 million kilometers (2.6 million miles). Light and dark patches are visible on the moon's surface, reminiscent of features seen on Jupiter's satellite Ganymede during Voyagers's Jupiter encounter last year. The bright spots may be rays emanating from impact craters on Dione's surface. Dione is about 1,110 kilometers in diameter, about one-third the size of Earth's Moon. The smallest detail seen in this image is about 78 kilometers (48 miles) across.
Background Info:
The Voyager Project is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
Cataloging Keywords:
| Name | Value | Additional Values |
|---|---|---|
| Target | Dione | Ganymede, Jupiter |
| System | Saturn | Jupiter |
| Target Type | Satellite | Planet |
| Mission | Voyager | |
| Instrument Host | Cassini Orbiter | Voyager 1 |
| Host Type | Orbiter | Flyby Spacecraft |
| Instrument | Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) | |
| Detector | ||
| Extra Keywords | Crater, Grayscale, Impact, Moon | |
| Acquisition Date | ||
| Release Date | 1998-11-08 | |
| Date in Caption | 1980-11-09 | |
| Image Credit | NASA/JPL | |
| Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA01373 | |
| Identifier | PIA01373 | |
