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Description: Original Caption Released with Image: The cratered surface Saturn's moon Mimas is seen in this image taken by Voyager 1 on Nov. 12, 1980 from a range of 425,000 kilometers (264,000 miles). Impact craters made by the infall of cosmic debris are shown; the largest is more than 100 kilometers (62 miles) in diameter and displays a prominent central peak. The smaller craters are abundant and indicate an ancient age for Mimas's surface. The Voyager Project is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
Title: Voyager 1 - view of Saturn's moon Mimas
Credit: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA01968
Author: NASA/JPL
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License: Public domain
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