Saturns Moon Enceladus, Cassini Image
by NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
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Saturns Moon Enceladus, Cassini Image
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NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
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Saturn's moon Enceladus above Saturn's rings, Cassini image. The moon (center, round) is 504 kilometers in diameter, and is the sixth-largest moon of Saturn. Enceladus has a surface of frozen water and reflects much of the sunlight that falls on it, producing a bright white color. It orbits 180,000 kilometers above Saturn's uppermost clouds (brown, background), within the E ring region. The rings run horizontally across the image below the moon, and the shadow of the rings is seen on the planet at top left. Also visible on Saturn is the terminator (down center), the region where day (left) gives way to night (right). Natural-color image obtained on 18 January 2006 by the Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera.
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