NASA Cassini Image: Three Views of Hyperion
This image was taken on June 12, 2005 and received on Earth June 12, 2005. The camera was pointing toward Hyperion at approximately 539,506 kilometers away, and the image was taken using the P120 and GRN filters. This image has not been validated or calibrated. A validated/calibrated image will be archived with the NASA Planetary Data System in 2006.
This image was taken on June 11, 2005 and received on Earth June 12, 2005. The camera was pointing toward Hyperion at approximately 330,102 kilometers away, and the image was taken using the CL1 and CL2 filters. This image has not been validated or calibrated. A validated/calibrated image will be archived with the NASA Planetary Data System in 2006.
This image was taken on June 11, 2005 and received on Earth June 12, 2005. The camera was pointing toward HYPERION at approximately 202,891 kilometers away, and the image was taken using the CL1 and UV3 filters. This image has not been validated or calibrated. A validated/calibrated image will be archived with the NASA Planetary Data System in 2006.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging team is based at the Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colo.
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov . The Cassini imaging team homepage is at http://ciclops.org .
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
