An unusual view of the Death Star moon

Bad Astronomy
By Phil Plait
Jun 21, 2012 3:45 PMNov 20, 2019 12:33 AM

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If you showed me this picture with no preamble, I'd know it was from Cassini, and showed a moon of Saturn, but I'd be baffled as to which one it is:

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