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    Dione

    Date: 29 Mar 2012
    Satellite: Cassini
    Depicts: Saturn's moon Dione
    Copyright: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

    A day after the flyby of Enceladus, Cassini imaged Dione, another of Saturn's moons. From a distance of 44 000 km, features like impact craters are clearly visible on the side of the moon that faces away from the Sun.


    Last Update: 29 Mar 2012

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