Historical Photo Of The Month - January 1997
Photograph Number P-23058
Rings and Moons of Saturn
Saturn and two of its 18 satellites, Tethys (closest to the planet) and Dione, as seen from
Voyager 1 on November 3, 1980, from a distance of 13 million kilometers (8 million miles).
The shadows of Saturn's rings and Tethys are cast onto the cloud tops in the planet's hydrogen and helium atmosphere.
Saturn's rings, a primary target of the mission, were photographed in detail from
both above and below the ring plane. Voyager 1 continued to observe and
photograph the planet until December 19, 1980, as it continued its journey in the
outer Solar System.
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