Rhea

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4439.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4439. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Solar System, Planets And Satellites

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The largest of the mid-sized icy satellites of Saturn, with a diameter of 1528 km, discovered by Giovanni Cassini in 1672. It orbits at a distance of 527 000 km. The surface was well imaged by Voyager 1. Unlike the other regular mid-sized satellites of Saturn, Rhea shows little diversity of terrain—the surface is saturated with craters. The 250 km diameter crater Izanagi is the exception: the maj...

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