File:Farewell to Mimas.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(1,700 × 1,700 pixels, file size: 1.31 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary[edit]

Description
English: In its season of "lasts," NASA's Cassini spacecraft made its final close approach to Saturn's moon Mimas on January 30, 2017. At closest approach, Cassini passed 25,620 miles (41,230 kilometers) from Mimas. This mosaic is one of the highest resolution views ever captured of the icy moon. Mimas' surface is pockmarked with countless craters, the largest of which gives the icy moon its distinctive appearance.

Imaging scientists combined ten narrow-angle camera images to create this mosaic view. The scene is an orthographic projection centered on terrain at 17.5 degrees south latitude, 325.4 degrees west longitude on Mimas. An orthographic view is most like the view seen by a distant observer looking through a telescope.

This mosaic was acquired at a distance of approximately 28,000 miles (45,000 kilometers) from Mimas. Image scale is approximately 820 feet (250 meters) per pixel. The images were taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Jan. 30, 2017.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Image Number: PIA 17213

Date: January 30, 2017
Date
Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/44494372@N05/46014032645/
Author NASA on The Commons

Licensing[edit]

This image was taken from Flickr's The Commons. The uploading organization may have various reasons for determining that no known copyright restrictions exist, such as:
  1. The copyright is in the public domain because it has expired;
  2. The copyright was injected into the public domain for other reasons, such as failure to adhere to required formalities or conditions;
  3. The institution owns the copyright but is not interested in exercising control; or
  4. The institution has legal rights sufficient to authorize others to use the work without restrictions.

More information can be found at https://flickr.com/commons/usage/.

Please add additional copyright tags to this image if more specific information about copyright status can be determined. See Commons:Licensing for more information.
This image was originally posted to Flickr by NASA on The Commons at https://flickr.com/photos/44494372@N05/46014032645. It was reviewed on 5 February 2024 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the No known copyright restrictions.

5 February 2024

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current15:27, 5 February 2024Thumbnail for version as of 15:27, 5 February 20241,700 × 1,700 (1.31 MB)Ooligan (talk | contribs)Uploaded a work by NASA on The Commons from https://www.flickr.com/photos/44494372@N05/46014032645/ with UploadWizard

You cannot overwrite this file.

There are no pages that use this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Farewell_to_Mimas.jpg&oldid=849249233"