Voyager Saturn False Color Ring & 2 Satellites, (PIA00023 Press Release) CD21, CD155 7-4-00. New Version is P-35678. CD155, CD230.Filed 11/6/1980. [Description from photo index.). Saturn and two of its 18 satellites, Tethys (closest to the planet) and Dione, as seen from Voyager 1 on November 3, 1980, from a distance of 13 million kilometers (8 million miles). The shadows of Saturn's rings and Tethys are cast onto the cloud tops in the planet's hydrogen and helium atmosphere. Saturn's rings, a primary target of the mission, were photographed in detail from both above and below the ring plane. Voyager 1 continued to observe and photograph the planet until December 19, 1980, as it continued its journey in the outer Solar System. C-B/W, S-1-13, November 6, 1980 -- Saturn and two of its moons, Tethys (above) and Dione, were photographed by Voyager 1 on November 3, 1980, from 13 million kilometers (8 million miles). The shadows of Saturn's three bright rings and Tethys are cast onto the cloud tops. The limb of the planet can be seen easily through the 3,500-kilometer-wide (2,170 mile) Cassini Division, which separates ring A from ring B. The view through the much narrower Encke Division, near the outer edge of ring A is less clear. Beyond the Encke Division (at left) is the faintest of Saturn's three bright rings, the C-ring or crepe ring, barely visible against the planet. The Voyager Project is managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for NASA. [Caption from released photo.].
