Dione - Voyager 1

Saturn's satellite Dione from 160,000 km

Dione
Voyager 1 image of Saturn's satellite, Dione, radius 560 km. This view shows the heavily cratered area on the leading edge of the Saturn facing hemisphere. At the top of the image is the 166 km diameter crater Aeneas, centered at 26 N, 46 W. North is at 12:30. This image was taken from a distance of 162,000 km and has a resolution of 1 km/pixel. (Voyager 1, FDS 34948.28)
Larger image: 330K

High resolution tiff file (1.0M)

Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1980-11-13 T 03:19:45
Distance/Range (km): 162,000
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): -10.,056.
Orbit(s): flyby

Imaging Information
Area or Feature Type: global view, crater
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 34948.28
Other Image ID number: Picno 0272S1+000
NSSDC Data Set ID (Photo): 77-084A-01J
NSSDC Data Set ID (CD): 77-084A-01Q
Other ID: N/A

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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