PIA01399: Saturn's Moon Tethys
 Target Name:  Tethys
 Is a satellite of:  Saturn
 Mission:  Voyager
 Spacecraft:  Voyager 2
 Instrument:  VG ISS - Narrow Angle
 Product Size:  250 x 170 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  JPL
 Producer ID:  P23940
 Addition Date:  1999-04-11
 Primary Data Set:  Voyager EDRs
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA01399.tif (17.58 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA01399.jpg (6.221 kB)

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Voyager 2 obtained this view of Saturn's moon Tethys on Aug.25 from a distance of 540,000 kilometers (335,000 miles). It shows the numerous impact craters and fault valleys of a very ancient surface. Tethys itself is 1,090 km. (675 mi.) in diameter, and the great chasm seen at the top of this image extends 1,700 km. (1,050 mi.), halfway across the satellite. The largest impact crater visible here is 90 km. (55 mi.) in diameter. The Voyager project is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
1999-04-11