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PIA01979: Full-disk View of Titania
 Target Name:  Titania
 Is a satellite of:  Uranus
 Mission:  Voyager
 Spacecraft:  Voyager 2
 Instrument:  VG ISS - Narrow Angle
 Product Size:  784 x 560 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  JPL
 Producer ID:  P29504
 Addition Date:  1999-06-19
 Primary Data Set:  Voyager EDRs
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA01979.tif (282.7 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA01979.jpg (29.85 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

Voyager 2 obtained this full-disk view of Uranus' moon Titania in the early morning hours of Jan. 24, 1986, from a distance of about 500,000 kilometers (300,000 miles). Many circular depressions -- probably impact craters -- are visible in this clear-filter image returned by the Voyager narrow-angle camera. Other bright spots are distinguished by radiating rays and are probably halo craters that mark relatively more recent impacts. Even more interesting are linear troughs (right) that are probably fault canyons. The troughs break the crust in two directions, an indication of some tectonic extension of Titania's crust. These features indicate that this icy satellite has a dynamic, active interior. Titania is about 1,600 km (1,000 mi) in diameter; the resolution of this image is about 9 km (6 mi). The Voyager project is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
1999-06-19