CICLOPS: Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for OPerationS
Mimas Polar Maps - June 2012

Mimas Polar Maps - June 2012
PIA 14927
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North Pole Labeled Full Size 2551x2551:
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Mimas Polar Maps - June 2012
PIA 14927
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North Pole Unlabeled Full Size 3666x3666:
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Mimas Polar Maps - June 2012
PIA 12782
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South Pole Labeled Full Size 2551x2551:
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Mimas Polar Maps - June 2012
PIA 12782
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South Pole Unlabeled Full Size 3666x3666:
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   The northern and southern hemispheres of Saturn's moon Mimas are seen in these polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the best-available Cassini and Voyager images.

Each map is centered on one of the poles, and surface coverage extends to the equator. Grid lines show latitude and longitude in 30-degree increments. The scale in the full-size versions of these maps is 216 meters (710 feet) per pixel. The resolution of the map is 16 pixels per degree. The mean radius of Mimas used for projection of these maps is 198.2 kilometers (123.2 miles).

The northern maps are updates to the versions released in February 2010 (see PIA12781). These mosaics contain data from Cassini's June 5, 2012, flyby of Mimas. There were no new data for the southern hemisphere, so the February 2010 versions of the southern maps (see PIA12782) are included here unchanged.

The Cassini Solstice Mission is a joint United States and European endeavor. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter was designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging team consists of scientists from the US, England, France, and Germany. The imaging operations center and team lead (Dr. C. Porco) are based at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.

For more information about the Cassini Solstice Mission visit http://ciclops.org, http://www.nasa.gov/cassini and http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
Released: August 16, 2012 (PIA 14927, 12782)
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