Dione captured by the Cassini spacecraft

Dione captured by the Cassini spacecraft
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Taken March 28, 2012, this image of Dione was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft from approximately 49,087 miles away. Although it's only 697 miles in diameter, Dione is the 15th largest moon in the entire Solar System, and is more massive than all known moons smaller than itself combined.

March 30, 2012 4:48 PM PDT

Photo by: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

| Caption by: James Martin

 

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