Saturn's moon Prometheus, Cassini image. This small moon of Saturn is 86 kilometres across. This view looks towards the anti-Saturn side and was obtained in visible light. The image was acquired at a distance of approximately 37, 000 kilometres. Prometheus orbits Saturn just inside the narrow F ring, which is seen at top. The Cassini spacecraft has been surveying the Saturnian system since 2004, with its mission scheduled to end in September 2017. Image data obtained on 6 December 2015, by the narrow-angle camera of Cassini's Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS). | |
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Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Space Science Institute / JPL-Caltech / NASA |
Taille de l’image : | 2957 px × 2957 px |
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