Saturn With Tethys and Dione
Photograph
Saturn With Tethys and Dione
November 3, 1980
Chromogenic development print
Image: 8 1/8 × 7 9/16 in. (20.7 × 19.2 cm)
Paper: 10 1/2 × 8 in. (26.7 × 20.3 cm)
Matted: 16 15/16 × 13 13/16 × 1/8 in. (43.1 × 35.1 × 0.3 cm)
Gift of NASA
Inscriptions verso (applied label, typed): PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE/JET PROPULSION LABORATORY/CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY/NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION/PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, 91109. TELEPHONE: (213) 354-5011/PHOTO CAPTION (TOP) P-23058 C/BW/ S-1-13/ Nov. 6, 1980/
Saturn and two of its moons, Tethys (above) and Dione, were/ photographed by Voyager 1 on November 3, 1980, from 13 million/ kilometers (8 million miles). The shadows of Saturn's three/ bright rings and Tethys are cast onto the cloud tops. The limb/ of the planet can be seen easily through the 3,500-kilometer-wide/ (2,170 mile) Cassini Division, which separates ring A from ring B./ The view through the much narrower Encke Division, near the outer/ edge of ring A is less clear. Beyond the Encke Division (at left)/ is the faintest of Saturn's three bright rings, the C-ring or crepe/ ring, barely visible against the planet. The Voyager Project is/ managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for NASA.
Saturn and two of its moons, Tethys (above) and Dione, were/ photographed by Voyager 1 on November 3, 1980, from 13 million/ kilometers (8 million miles). The shadows of Saturn's three/ bright rings and Tethys are cast onto the cloud tops. The limb/ of the planet can be seen easily through the 3,500-kilometer-wide/ (2,170 mile) Cassini Division, which separates ring A from ring B./ The view through the much narrower Encke Division, near the outer/ edge of ring A is less clear. Beyond the Encke Division (at left)/ is the faintest of Saturn's three bright rings, the C-ring or crepe/ ring, barely visible against the planet. The Voyager Project is/ managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for NASA.
