Category: The Black Star Collection
Object Type: photograph
Creator: UNKNOWN for National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Title: [Craters stand shoulder-to-shoulder on the surface of Saturn's satellite Rhea, seen in this Voyager 1 mosaic of the highest-resolution pictures of the north polar region of the moon]
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.236349

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscriptions]; Verso, typed: PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE / JET PROPULSION LABORATORY / CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY / NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION / PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, 91109. TELEPHONE (213) 354-5011 / PHOTO CAPTION (TOP) P-23177 BW / S-1-53 / Nov. 15, 1980 / Craters stand shoulder-to-shoulder on the surface of Saturn's / satellite Rhea, seen in this Voyager 1 mosaic of the highest- / resolution pictures of the north polar region of the moon. / Rhea is 2,400 kilometers (1,490 miles) in diameter and is / the most heavily cratered of the moons of Saturn. The / largest crater, made of cosmic debris, is about / 300 kilometers (185 miles) in diameter. Many craters have / central peaks formed by the rebound of the floor after the / explosive formation of the crater. Multiple ridges and grooves / visible near the shadow edge resemble those seen on Earth's Moon / and Mercury. The pictures were taken by Voyager on Nov. 13, 1980 / from a distance of about 80,000 kilometers (50,000 miles). / The Voyager Project is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion / Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. / ####; stamped on label: [star] / Credit: © 1984 / from BLACK STAR

Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: ASTRONOMY / SATURN
Retouching: N