Tethys, Moon Of Saturn
by Science Source
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Tethys, Moon Of Saturn
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Science Source
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One of Saturn's larger icy moons, Tethys, reveals its enormous crater, Odysseus, and its complex of central peaks. Like any solar system moon, Tethys (660 miles or 1,062 kilometers across) has suffered many impacts. These impacts are a prime shaper of the appearance of a moon's surface, especially when the moon has no active geological processes. In this case, a large impact not only created the crater, but the rebound of the impact caused the mountainous peaks, named Scheria Montes, to form in the crater's center. In this view of Tethys, North is up and rotated 1 degree to the left. The image was taken in green light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on November 10, 2016. The view was acquired at a distance of approximately 228,000 miles (367,000 kilometers) from Tethys.
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April 27th, 2017
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