This updated mosaic of the southern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus
has been constructed from the many high-resolution images (less than 1
kilometer per pixel, or 0.6 mile per pixel) acquired by NASA's Cassini
spacecraft, imaging science sub-system during four close targeted flybys
of Enceladus in March, August and October 2008.
Crater Salih, which defines the longitude system of Enceladus, was
observed with high resolution during the March 2008 close flyby, allowing
improvement in the mosaic's longitude system. The global mosaic has been
shifted 3.5 degrees to the west to be consistent with the longitude
definition given by the International Astronomical Union. For the
Enceladus image atlas, see PIA08419.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European
Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages
the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The
Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and
assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center is based at the Space
Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/. The Cassini imaging team
homepage is at http://ciclops.org.