Saturn Moons Near And Far

Continuing its tour of Saturn's ring plane, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured Rhea (right, in the distance), as Pandora hovers against the planet's dark shadow on the rings.

By Energy Daily Editorial Team · Editorial process

Published March 15, 2006

Continuing its tour of Saturn's ring plane, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured Rhea (right, in the distance), as Pandora hovers against the planet's dark shadow on the rings.

The image was taken Feb. 12 in visible light with the spacecraft's narrow-angle camera, at a distance of approximately 3.6 million kilometers (2.3 million miles) from Pandora and 4.3 million kilometers (2.7 million miles) from Rhea. The image scale is 26 kilometers (16 miles) per pixel on Rhea.

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