A view from Rhea
by David Robinson
Title
A view from Rhea
Artist
David Robinson
Medium
Digital Art - Digital
Description
Rhea [REE-a] is the largest airless satellite of Saturn. It was discovered in 1672 by Giovanni Cassini. Rhea is an icy body with a density of 1.33 gm/cm3. The low density indicates that it is composed of a rocky core taking up less than one-third of the moon's mass, with the rest composed of water-ice. Rhea is somewhat similar to Dione. They both have similar composition, albedo features, varied terrain and synchronous rotations. The temperature on Rhea is -174�C (-281�F) in direct sunlight and between -200�C and -220�C (-328�F and -364�F) in the shade.
The information above was taken from Views of the Solar System and is copyrighted by Calvin J. Hamilton.
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September 14th, 2009
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