From Cassini: Closest Views of Saturn’s ‘Death Star’ Moon

By Ben on March 29, 2010 at 6:48 pm | In Blog Posts | No Comments

FYI:
Some in 3D.
–Ben
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Dear Friends and Colleagues,

After spending some quality time poring over the images and data Cassini collected
last month during its closest flyby yet of Saturn’s ‘Death Star’ moon, Mimas, we are
finally ready to release the goods. And they are outta sight!

After much deliberation, we have concluded: Mimas is NOT boring. Who knew?!

To see all our spectacular images, mosaics, thermal results and more, go to …

http://ciclops.org

… and check it out. You’ll see details in the moon’s craters that reminded us
imaging folks of features we’d seen on Phoebe and Hyperion. You’ll discover that
Mimas has a very peculiar thermal signature that we can’t yet explain. And best of
all … be sure you have a pair of red/green glasses handy ’cause you won’t want to
miss peering into gigantic Herschel crater in 3D!

Enjoy,

Carolyn Porco
Cassini Imaging Team Leader
Director, CICLOPS
Space Science Institute
Boulder, CO

http://ciclops.org

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