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Saturn family portrait (taken 20 months before Cassini orbit insertion)

Saturn family portrait (taken 20 months before Cassini orbit insertion)
Saturn family portrait (taken 20 months before Cassini orbit insertion) A view of Saturn captured by Cassini long before it entered orbit, on 21 October 2002, encompasses all of the planet's major moons except Hyperion and distant Iapetus. The photo has been enlarged by a factor of two. NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI / color composite by Gordan Ugarkovic