Dione Mosaic
Photograph
Dione Mosaic
November 12, 1980
Chromogenic development print
Image: 9 5/8 × 7 5/8 in. (24.5 × 19.4 cm)
Paper: 10 1/4 × 8 in. (26 × 20.3 cm)
Matted: 17 × 14 × 1/8 in. (43.2 × 35.6 × 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-23113 C/ S-1-49/ Nov. 14, 1980/ Many impact craters -- the record of the collision of cosmic/ debris -- are shown in this Voyager 1 mosaic of Saturn's/ moon Dione. The largest crater is less than 100 kilometers/ (62 miles) in diameter and shows a well-developed central peak./ Bright rays represent material ejected from other impact craters./ Sinuous valleys probably formed by faults break the moon's/ icy crust. Images in this mosaic were taken from a range of/ 162,000 kilometers (100,600 miles) on Nov. 12, 1980. The/ Voyager Project is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, /Pasadena, Calif./ #####
