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Target 3: Enceladus

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Kelly Perry
Cassini Science Planning Team

"Enceladus is a small moon that's about as wide as the state of Arizona. It is covered in water ice and reflects almost 100 percent of the sunlight that strikes it. As a result, Enceladus is one of the brightest objects in our solar system.

"This moon was first discovered in 1789. However, study of this moon didn't get really interesting until 2005, when the Cassini Science Teams made a series of dramatic discoveries."



image of target 3
(Image created with iDigit)

Software used by the Cassini science planning team simulates the field of view the cameras onboard the Cassini spacecraft can capture at a specific date and time. This is a computer-generated image of Enceladus as seen by the Narrow Angle Camera on the Cassini spacecraft on June 10, 2008. Click on the image to see what the resulting image might look like.

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