Incredible image of Saturn's moon, Helene, from the Cassini spacecraft

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Linked via the Bad Astronomy blog: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/

From the same, a short descriptin of Helene:

Helene is tiny, only 36 x 32 x 30 km (22 x 19 x 18 miles) in size. That’s far too small to shape itself into a sphere by gravity, so it’s lumpy and irregular. You can see a large flattened region on the left lit at low angle by the Sun, and a depression at the bottom which appears to be lit by reflected light from Saturn itself.

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The universe is an incredible place. I love images like these.

[lob1]

1. When I first glanced at the text, I saw "far too small" and

"lumpy an irregular", I thought it was an article on Sarah Palin's brain.

K&R. I love the space photos, too.

[calimary]

2. LOL! Will she abandon it halfway through? Or is she just a half-wit? Love the photo!

These things just trip me out! Truly fascinating! I wish our space program wasn't on the ropes. :(

[Dreamer Tatum]

3. Just don't post pics of Uranus. nt

[Scuba]

4. It's pregnant!

[MannyGoldstein]

5. Gorgeous. Amazing. Thanks! nt