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Smooth Surface On Telesto
Boulder CO (SPX) Feb 14, 2006 The Cassini spacecraft passed within a cosmic stone's throw of Telesto on Oct. 11, 2005, capturing this shot of one of Saturn's Trojan moons. Tiny Telesto, only 24 kilometers or 15 miles across, appears to be mantled in fine, icy material, although a few craters and some outcrops and large boulders are visible. Its smooth surface does not appear to retain the record of intense cratering that most of Saturn's other moons possess. Cassini took the image in polarized green light with the spacecraft's narrow-angle camera at a distance of approximately 14,500 kilometers (9,000 miles). The image scale is 86 meters (283 feet) per pixel. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Cassini NASA Explore The Ring World of Saturn and her moons Jupiter and its Moons The million outer planets of a star called Sol News Flash at Mercury
Titan Reveals New Complexities
Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 15, 2006This new view of Titan reveals structure in the moon's complex atmosphere. The geometry of the Cassini spacecraft's view of Titan during this flyby was similar to that of Voyager 1's pass in 1980. |
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