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Cassini captures new images of icy moon Rhea
(PhysOrg.com) -- These raw, unprocessed images of Saturn's second largest moon, Rhea, were taken on March 10, 2012, by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. This was a relatively distant flyby with a close-approach distance ...
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Image: Rhea before Titan
(PhysOrg.com) -- Craters appear well defined on icy Rhea in front of the hazy orb of the much larger moon Titan in this Cassini spacecraft view of these two Saturn moons.
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Feb 16, 2012 |
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Cassini presents Saturn moon quintet
(PhysOrg.com) -- With the artistry of a magazine cover shoot, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this portrait of five of Saturn's moons poised along the planet's rings.
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Sep 19, 2011 |
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Image: Bright are Saturn's moons
The Cassini spacecraft observed three of Saturn's moons set against the darkened night side of the planet in this image from April 2011.
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Jul 06, 2011 |
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Ride along with Rhea
Assembled from 29 raw images taken by the Cassini orbiter on Monday, April 25, this animation brings us along an orbital ride with Rhea as it crosses Saturn’s nighttime face, the planet’s shadow ...
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Apr 28, 2011 |
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Cassini completes Rhea flyby
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Cassini spacecraft has successfully completed its closest flyby of Saturn's moon Rhea, returning raw images of the icy moon's surface.
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Jan 14, 2011 |
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Cassini captures Rhea coming down
Raw images obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft from the closest flyby of Saturn's moon Rhea have begun streaming to Cassini's raw image page.
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Jan 13, 2011 |
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Cassini marks holidays with dramatic views of Rhea
(PhysOrg.com) -- Newly released for the holidays, images of Saturn's second largest moon Rhea obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft show dramatic views of fractures cutting through craters on the moon's surface, ...
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Dec 21, 2010 |
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Cassini finds oxygen-carbon dioxide atmosphere on Saturn's moon Rhea
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a flyby past Rhea, Saturn's second-largest moon, NASA's spacecraft Cassini has revealed the presence of a thin atmosphere of 70 percent oxygen and 30 percent carbon dioxide, which is apparently ...
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Nov 26, 2010 |
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Cassini images rule out rings around Rhea
(PhysOrg.com) -- Something unknown is causing a strange, symmetrical structure in the charged-particle environment around Rhea, Saturn's second-largest moon. But contrary to 2008 reports, it's not a system ...
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Jul 30, 2010 |
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