Saturn's 11th Moon
Photograph
Saturn's 11th Moon
November 12, 1980
Gelatin silver print
Image (left): 6 3/16 × 3 15/16 in. (15.7 × 10 cm)
Image (right): 6 3/16 × 4 1/8 in. (15.7 × 10.5 cm)
Paper: 8 1/16 × 10 1/16 in. (20.4 × 25.5 cm)
Matted: 14 × 17 × 1/8 in. (35.5 × 43.2 × 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-23104 BW/ S-1-44/ Nov. 13, 1980/ These Voyager 1 images of Saturn's eleventh moon, a/ trailing co-orbital satellite, were taken on November 12, 1980 at/ a range of 177,000 kilometers (110,000 miles) and show the/ south polar region of the body. The pockmarked moon is/ approximately 135 by 70 kilometers (83 by 43 miles). Comparison/ of the two images, taken 13 minutes apart, reveals a narrow/ shadow moving across its face. The shadow is probably cast/ by a small, narrow ring of Saturn a few thousand kilometers/ away from the satellite. The Voyager project is managed for/ NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif./ ######
