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)

• Atlas
• Saturn

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.