NASA's Cassini spacecraft finds frigid ice world on Saturn's moon Dione

Xinhua News Agency | October 19, 2005 | Copyright

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- During its only close flyby of Saturn's grayish moon Dione, NASA's Cassini spacecraft found an icy world without atmosphere, mission scientists said Tuesday.

On Oct. 11, 2005, the spacecraft came within 500 km of Dione surface, and took fine pictures of the moon, said NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).

Water ice is detected on the surface of Dione, and striking brightness variations are also found across the surface, said the Cassini ultraviolet imaging spectrograph team.

Dione ...

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