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Pictures of the moons of Saturn

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Pictures of Phoebe

Photograph of two different hemispheres of Phoebe - taken by Voyager 2 in 1981. The bright spot in the picture on the left is a mountain. The two bright spots in the photograph on the right are mountain ridges.

pictures Phoebe


Pictures of Rhea

Photo of Rhea by Voyager 1. This moon of Saturn looks a lot like the planet Mercury or the Earth's own moon. Rhea has an icy crust.

pictures Rhea


An area on Rhea densely populated by impact craters. This picture was taken by Voyager 1. Rhea is 1600 kilometers in diameter.

pictures of Rhea - moon of Saturn


Some questions about these pictures of Saturn's moons

Lets see what you have learned from these pictures ...

  • What does Phoebe look like?
  • Describe what Rhea looks like?
  • Which spacecrafts took some of these pictures?
  • How large is Rhea?


All images are courtesy NASA/JPL except where stated otherwise.

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This page was last updated on: August 7, 2001
All content provided Alwyn Botha, 2002.