COLLECTION NAME:
Ames Research Center Image Library
Record
Title:
AC80-7000
Creator:
NASA/Ames Research Center
Description:
Photographer : JPL Range : 106,250,000 km. ( 66 million miles) P-22830C This, Voyager 1 image shows Saturn and three of its satellites. A series of dark and light cloud bands appears through high altitude haze in the northern hemisphere. Cosiderable structure can be seen in the rings. The Cassini division, between the A-ring and B-ring, is readily visible. The shadow of rings on the planet's disk can also be seeen. The three satellites visible are, left to right, Enceladus (off the left edge of rings), Dione (just below the planet), and Tethys (at right edge of frame). The spacecraft will make its closest approach, 124,200 km. (77,174 miles) abovr the cloud tops, at 3:45 pm PST on Nov. 12, 1980. Nine months later, in August 1981, Voyager 2 will encounter Saturn and then continue on to Uranus.
Date:
8/24/80
Identifier:
AILS-AC80-7000
MediaType:
Image
Year:
1980
What:
Voyager 1
What:
Saturn
What:
Cassini
What:
Enceladus
What:
Dione
What:
Tethys
What:
Voyager 2
What:
Uranus
Where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
