Dione was discovered by Giovanni Cassini in the year 1684. It is a small moon of just 562 km, which is about a third of our moon. Dione orbits Saturn every 2.7 days at a distance of 377,400 km. This is approximately the same distance as the distance the Moon orbits around our Earth. Scientists believe that Dione is mainly composed of ice. Its average temperature is minus 186 °C. Its ice is very hard, which acts like rocks.
NASA has said that this picture was captured by Cassini spacecraft in May 2015. It served in space for 20 years. The Cassini spacecraft was sent as part of its last mission to find out about Enceladus, another moon of Saturn. It is believed that this moon can be favorable for life. Cassini entered Saturn’s atmosphere in September 2017.
This spacecraft had two elements – Cassini Orbiter and Huygens Probe. This spacecraft was a mission of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. It provided many information about the planet Saturn. NASA says that Saturn has 82 moons. Of these, 53 have been confirmed and given names. 29 moons are yet to be confirmed. Saturn’s largest moon is Titan.
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