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Gallery – Dione and friends

Gallery – Dione and friends

Dione, Saturn’s second densest moon, coasts in orbit past the planets rings.

Gallery – Saturn’s four moon shuffle

Gallery – Saturn’s four moon shuffle

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft snaps four moons in the one image.

Trio of Saturnian moons

Trio of Saturnian moons

Light and shadow play on three of Saturn’s moon as they whiz around the planet.

One image, five moons

One image, five moons

NASA’s Saturn-circling spacecraft Cassini snaps a family portrait of five very different moons.

Saturn’s three-in-one

Saturn’s three-in-one

Remarkable image shows two of Saturn’s moons and its rings in the one shot.

Moons with a view

Moons with a view

Eerie images of Saturn’s moons, courtesy of NASA’s Cassini spacecraft

Which moon is this?

Which moon is this?

Lots of craters, no atmosphere. Which moon is it, and to which planet does it belong?

Saturn’s tiny moon Helene

Saturn’s tiny moon Helene

So insignificant, it has to share an orbit with another moon!

Saturn’s icy moon Dione

Saturn’s icy moon Dione

Icy terrain with wispy patterns covers one side of Saturn’s moon Dione.

Double-moon fly-by at Saturn

Double-moon fly-by at Saturn

Cassini spaceprobe makes back-to-back close fly-bys of two of Saturn’s moons.