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Final Mimas and Enceladus atlases derived from Cassini-ISS images

June 1, 2018

The Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) on-board Cassini took a few high-resolution images of the icy Saturnian satellites Mimas and Enceladus over the last seven years of the Cassini mission during non-targeted flybys. We used the new Mimas images to improve the existing semi-controlled mosaic of Mimas. A new controlled Enceladus mosaic was published recently (Bland et al., 2015; Bland et al. in prep.). Both new mosaics are the baseline for improved atlases of Mimas in three tiles with a map scale of 1:1,000,000 and Enceladus in 15 tiles with a map scale of 1:400,000. The nomenclature for both satellites was proposed by the Cassini-ISS team and approved by the IAU.

Publication Year 2018
Title Final Mimas and Enceladus atlases derived from Cassini-ISS images
DOI 10.1016/j.pss.2018.05.021
Authors Thomas Roatsch, E. Kersten, K.-D. Matz, Michael T. Bland, Tammy L. Becker, Gerald Wesley Patterson, C. Porco
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Planetary and Space Sciences
Index ID 70212481
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Astrogeology Science Center