Photograph of Saturn and its satellites Tethys (outer top left),Enceladus (inner top left) and Mimas (bottom right). It was taken by Voyager 1 on October 30,1980 from a distance of 18 million kilometres (11 million miles). The soft,velvety appearance of the low-contrast banded structure and increased reflection of blue light near the perimeter of the Saturn disk are due to scattering by a haze layer above the planet's cloud deck. Features larger than 350 kilometres (220 miles) are visible . The projected width of the rings at the centre of the disc is 10,000 kilometers (6,000 miles),which provides a scale for estimating feature sizes on the image | |
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