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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4438. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Solar System, Planets And Satellites

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A mid-sized icy satellite of Saturn, discovered by Giovanni Cassini in 1684. Its diameter is 1120 km, and it orbits at a distance of 377 000 km. Its density of 1490 kg m-3, the highest of Saturn's mid-sized satellites, indicates a composition of rock and ice. There are two basic terrain types on Dione: cratered terrain and cratered plains; the cratering on the plains indicates that the resurfacin...

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