Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Title:
Pioneer 11 Image of Saturn and its Moon Titan
Full Description:
NASA's Pioneer 11 image of Saturn and its moon Titan at the upper left. The irregularities in ring silhouette and shadow are due to technical anomalies in the preliminary data later corrected. Looking at the rings from left to right, the ring area begins with the outer A ring; the Encke Division; the inner A Ring; Cassini Division; the B Ring; the C Ring; and the innermost area where the D Ring would be. The image was made by Pioneer Saturn on Wednesday, August 26, 1979, and received on Earth at 3:19 pm PDT. Pioneer was, at that time, 2,846,000 kilometers (1,768,422 miles) from Saturn. The image was produced by computer at the University of Arizona and managed by NASA's Ames Research Center.
Date:
08/31/1979
NASA Center:
Ames Research Center
Subject Category:
Space Probes
Subject Category:
Planetary Astronomy
Subject Category:
Saturns Moons
Subject Category:
Planet-Saturn
Keywords:
Pioneer
Keywords:
11
Keywords:
Division
Keywords:
Saturn
Keywords:
Rings
Keywords:
Cassini
Keywords:
Encke
Keywords:
Titan
Audience:
General Public
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
Saturn
facet_what:
Titan
facet_what:
Pioneer 11
facet_what:
Cassini
facet_where:
Saturn
facet_where:
Arizona
facet_where:
Ames Research Center (ARC)
facet_when:
August 26, 1979
facet_when:
08-31-1979
facet_when_year:
1979
Image #:
79-H-432
orignial url:
http://grin.hq.nasa…
UID:
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2002-00 0060
Center:
AMES
Center Number:
79-H-432
GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2002-000060
Creator-Photographer:
NASA
Original Source:
DIGITAL
Image ID:
125766
Resolution Size:
5
Format:
JP2
Media Type:
Image
File Name:
GPN-2002-000060.jp2
Width:
3000
Height:
2044

Pioneer 11 Image of Saturn and its Moon Titan