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Cassini Spies Atlas

Target Name:  Atlas
Spacecraft:  Cassini Orbiter
Instrument:  Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle
Produced by:  Calvin J. Hamilton
Copyright: © 2005 Calvin J. Hamilton
Date Taken:  8 June 2005
Date Released: 2005/12/03
(Publisher Permission Request)

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This is the highest resolution image yet taken of Saturn's moon Atlas, Atlas orbits near Saturn's A ring. At the time the picture was taken, the Cassini spacecraft was about 139,006 kilometers from Atlas.

Atlas has a distinct oblong shape with the hint of a few craters.

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