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Description: Original caption: Detail of Voyager 2 image showing Saturn's moon Pandora, taken 6 hours before Voyager's closest approach to Saturn. Pandora is irregularly shaped, 110 x 90 x 60 km, and bright, with visible albedo of 0.9. The satellite orbits with a semi-major axis of 142,000 km and acts as the outer shepherding satellite (Prometheus is the inner) of Saturn's F-ring. North is approximately up and Pandora is about 70 km across in the image. (Voyager 2, FDS 43998.15)
Title: Pandora - Voyager 2
Credit: Voyager 2, FDS 43998.15 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/html/object_page/vg2_4399815.html http://solarviews.com/cap/sat/pandora.htm (image link)
Author: NASA
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