Voyager 1 Encounters Saturn

by United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Contents

[Foreword] 1 [Introduction] 3 [The Planet] 4 [The Rings] 12 [The Satellites] 20 [A Glimpse Back] 32 [The Voyager Mission] 36 [MISSION OBJECTIVES] 36 [SPACECRAFT CHARACTERISTICS] 36 [SATURN ENCOUNTER] 36 [Scientific Highlights] 38 [SATURN] 38 [RINGS] 38 [NEW SATELLITES] 38 [INNER SATELLITES] 38 [TITAN] 39 [OUTER SATELLITES] 39 [MAGNETOSPHERE] 39 [Scientific Investigations] 40

COVER: Saturn and two of its moons, Tethys (above) and Dione (below), were photographed by Voyager 1 on November 3, 1980, from 13 million kilometers (8 million miles). The shadow of Tethys is cast onto the cloudtops in the upper right corner of the image.