Methone

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Methone is a small (3-kilometer) moon of Saturn that orbits between Mimas and Enceladus near Anthe and Pallene. Cassini captured high-resolution views of it on May 20, 2012.

NASA / JPL / SSI / Phil Stooke

The moon is unusually smooth for such a small object. This version was produced from raw image data by Phil Stooke, who cleaned up cosmic ray hits, enlarged it by a factor of two, and adjusted brightness and contrast. There are clear albedo (brightness) variations across its surface.

Copyright holder: Phil Stooke

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Contact us to request publication permission from the copyright holder. Original image data dated on or about May 20, 2012