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Sleek Rings, Rugged Moon Target Name:   Rhea Spacecraft:   Cassini Orbiter Instrument:   Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle Produced by:   NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Copyright:  NASA Copyright Free Policy Cross Reference:   PIA07635 Date Taken:   9 Oct 2005 Related Document Rhea Download Options Name Type Width x Height Size PIA07635.jpg JPEG 640 x 358 25K PIA07635.jpg JPEG 1006 x 563 39K PIA07635.tif TIFF 1006 x 563 183K Rhea floats below the innermost regions of Saturn's amazing rings. This view of the Saturn-facing hemisphere of Rhea (1,528 kilometers, or 949 miles across) allows a glimpse of the wispy terrain that covers the trailing hemisphere of Rhea. (See PIA06575) & PIA06578) for similar views of the wispy terrain.) The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini narrow-angle camera on Oct. 9, 2005, at a distance of approximately 1.9 million kilometers (1.2 million miles) from Rhea and at a Sun-Rhea-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 51 degrees. The image scale is 12 kilometers (7 miles) per pixel.

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