Saturn
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Saturn's MoonsOur knowledge of the moons of Saturn was greatly increased by the Cassini Mission. Iapetus shows a brightness variation of a factor of 10, a change in intensity believed to be caused by the existence of ice on one side and black carbonaceous material on the other. ( Weisburd, Science News 133, June 11, 1988 p374) Enceladus has a heavily cratered surface; it was imaged clearly in the Voyager program. The moons Hyperion, Epimetheus and Dione were also imaged by Cassini. References: Wiki Moons of Saturn "Alien-life hunters focus on moons in outer solar system", Nadia Drake, Science News 180, #8, Oct 8, 2011, p22.
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