2023 April 30 - Saturn's Moon Helene in Color
Channel: APOD Podcast
Date: 2023-04-30

In today's image, we see the moon of Saturn known as Helene. This is a very small moon, about 30 km across and was imaged by the Cassini spacecraft back in 2012. The small number of impact craters on the surface leads astronomers to wonder what might have shaped the surface features of this moon in the past.

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