Saturn from the vicinity of Dione
This is how Saturn might appear from
near Dione, one of Saturn's
inner icy satellites. Dione is about 700 miles in diameter and is believed to be composed primarily of water ice along with lesser amounts of silicate rocks. In this image, Dione is in the foreground orbiting about 197 thousand miles
above Saturn's cloud tops. Further toward Saturn at a distance of 50 thousand miles
from Dione is Tethys, another icy moon, slightly smaller than Dione. Tethys is
silhouetted against the "ring shine" on Saturn's night side--reflected
sunlight on the cloud tops from Saturn's rings.
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