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NASA put photos of Rhea, Saturn's moon
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Agency NASA continues to make new materials, research, experiments and photographs. As for the photo - agency recently post pictures of Rhea , the second largest moon of Saturn. Laid picture has a very decent resolution of 330 meters per pixel. The image was obtained by the spacecraft Cassini February 10, 2015.
In the photo is clearly visible uneven surface of the satellite, with many large and small impact craters. Experts believe that all of this - the old craters have been preserved only because geological activity Rhea almost zero.
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The distance at which Cassini made his shot is 56 thousand kilometers of Rhea, and so managed to get a quality picture. The very mission of the Cassini-Huygens - a joint project of NASA and ESA. The main goal here - study the gas giant Saturn, and the closest planet to the objects.
Ray, according to scientists, consists of stone rocks and water ice (in a very large number, perhaps, the ice is more than half of Rhea).
Source: geektimes.ru/post/251116/
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