Mimas - Voyager 1

Herschel crater on Saturn's satellite Mimas from 650,000 km

Mimas
Voyager 1 image of Saturn's moon Mimas, dominated by the 100 km diameter Herschel crater at the center. The equator bisects Mimas horizontally in this image, and North is up. The resolution is about 5 km/pixel. Herschel is centered at 2.9 N, 109.5 W. (Voyager 1, FDS 34930.40)
Larger image: 57K

High resolution tiff file (1.0M)

Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1980-11-12 T 13:05:21
Distance/Range (km): 656,422
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): -04./115.
Orbit(s): flyby

Imaging Information
Area or Feature Type: crater, 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): N/A
Instrument Look Direction: N/A
Surface Emission Angle (deg): N/A

Ordering Information
CD-ROM Volume: VG_0004
NASA Image ID number: FDS 34930.40
Other Image ID number: Picno 1004S1-001
NSSDC Data Set ID (Photo): 77-8084A-01J
NSSDC Data Set ID (CD): 77-084A-01Q
Other ID: N/A

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[NASA Logo] Authors/Curators:

Dave Williams, dave.williams@nasa.gov, (301) 286-1258
Code 690.1, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

Jay Friedlander, jay.s.friedlander@nasa.gov, (301) 286-7172
Code 612.4, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

NASA Official: Dr. David R. Williams, David.R.Williams@nasa.gov
Last updated: 24 September 2015