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Death Star Moon [1]

Tethys floats in front of Saturn and its rings in this view from the Cassini spacecraft. The small moon's most prominent feature is Odysseus crater (bright circle at top right), which makes Tethys look like the death stars of Star Wars fame. Saturn's rings form horizontal bands above Tethys, and cast curved shadows on Saturn itself (below Tethys). [NASA/JPL/SSI]

Moon and Saturn
Cassini view of Saturn's moon Tethys against the planet's clouds and rings
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