PIA01386: High Resolution View of Tethys
 Target Name:  Tethys
 Is a satellite of:  Saturn
 Mission:  Voyager
 Spacecraft:  Voyager 2
 Instrument:  VG ISS - Narrow Angle
 Product Size:  260 x 228 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  JPL
 Producer ID:  P23950
 Addition Date:  1999-01-05
 Primary Data Set:  Voyager EDRs
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA01386.tif (51.78 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA01386.jpg (9.486 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

This highest-resolution view of Tethys was obtained Aug. 26 when Voyager 2 was 120,000 kilometers (74,500 miles) from this satellite of Saturn. This image was taken 1 1/2 hours after the spacecraft passed through the planet's ring plane. The smallest features visible here are about 2.2 km. (1.4 mi.) across. The heavily cratered terrain implies a very old surface that has changed little since shortly after the solar system formed. Tethys is a bright object made largely of ice; it has a diameter of 1,050 km. (650 mi.). The Voyager project is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
1999-01-05