Enceladus fires on Alderaan

Bad Astronomy
By Phil Plait
Nov 8, 2011 5:50 PMNov 20, 2019 1:07 AM

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After 7+ years of orbiting Saturn, the Cassini spacecraft is still knockin' 'em out of the park. On October 19 it swung by the icy moon Enceladus, taking dozens of amazing images of the little world. When it was 65,000 km (40,000 miles) away, it took this shot, right out of Star Wars:

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