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Janus up Close Target Name:   Janus Spacecraft:   Cassini Orbiter Instrument:   Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle Produced by:   NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Copyright:  NASA Copyright Free Policy Date Taken:   29 April 2006 Related Document Janus Download Options Name Type Width x Height Size VSS00078.jpg JPEG 546 x 498 20K VSS00078.tif TIFF 546 x 498 86K From just beneath the ringplane, Cassini stares at Janus (181 kilometers, or 113 miles across). The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on April 29, 2006 at a distance of approximately 218,000 kilometers (135,000 miles) from Janus. Image scale is about 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) per pixel.

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