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Dione


Date: 29 March 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: 1 September 2019
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