Epimetheus - Voyager 1

Saturn's moon Epimetheus and the shadow of the F-ring

Epimetheus
Detail of Voyager 1 raw image showing the Saturnian satellite Epimetheus. The image was taken from 176,000 km one hour before Voyager's closest approach to Saturn, on 12 November 1980. Epimetheus is about 110 km in diameter at the poles (north is at 1:00). The large crater at the center of the image is about 35 km in diameter. The dark semi-circular line on the moon to the left is the shadow of Saturn's F-ring. (Voyager 1, FDS 34942.45)
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Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1980-11-12 T 22:45:21
Distance/Range (km): 175,974.0
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): -46., 292.
Orbit(s): Flyby

Imaging Information
Area or Feature Type: global view
Instrument: Narrow Angle Vidicon Camera
Instrument Resolution (pixels): 800 x 800, 8 bit
Instrument Field of View (deg): 0.424 x 0.424
Filter: clear
Illumination Incidence Angle (deg): N/A
Phase Angle (deg): 56.58
Instrument Look Direction: N/A
Surface Emission Angle (deg): N/A

Ordering Information
CD-ROM Volume: VG_0004
NASA Image ID number: FDS 34942.45
Other Image ID number: Picno 1729S1-001
NSSDC Data Set ID (Photo): 77-084A-01
NSSDC Data Set ID (CD): 77-084A-01
Other ID:

Updated 11 March 2003, DRW.