The moons of Saturn (annotated)
This composite image, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope on 6 June 2018, shows the ringed planet Saturn with six of its 62 known moons.
With a diameter of 1123 kilometres, Dione is the fourth-largest of Saturn’s moons and the largest of the siblings in this family portrait. The smallest satellite in this picture is the irregularly shaped Epimetheus, with a size of 143 x 108 x 98 kilometres.
The image is a composite because the moons move during the Saturn exposures, and individual frames must be realigned to make a colour portrait.
Credit:NASA, ESA, A. Simon (GSFC) and the OPAL Team, and J. DePasquale (STScI)
About the Image
Id: | heic1814e |
Type: | Collage |
Release date: | 26 July 2018, 16:00 |
Related releases: | heic1814 |
Size: | 2426 x 1358 px |
About the Object
Name: | Saturn |
Type: | Solar System : Planet |
Category: | Solar System |
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Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
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Optical Ca II | 395 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
Optical O III | 502 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
Optical O I+S III | 631 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |