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Image: Mimas limb sharp

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Description: This raw, unprocessed image of Mimas was taken by Cassini on Feb. 13, 2010. The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Feb. 13, 2010. The view was obtained at a distance of approximately 17,000 kilometers (11,000 miles) from Mimas. Image scale is 100 meters (329 feet) per pixel. The Cassini Equinox Mission is a joint United States and European endeavor. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter was designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging team consists of scientists from the US, England, France, and Germany. The imaging operations center and team lead (Dr. C. Porco) are based at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo. For more information about the Cassini Equinox Mission visit http://ciclops.org, http://www.nasa.gov/cassini and http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov. The original NASA image has been modified by rotating, cropping, adjusting contrast and brightness and increasing sharpness.
Title: Mimas limb sharp
Credit: http://ciclops.org/view/6202/Mimas_Rev_126_Flyby_Raw_Preview_3
Author: NASA / JPL / Space Science Institute
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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