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	Image Gallery > Featured Image on March 11, 2010 Send to a friend  Enlarge image Keywords Saturn's Moons  Cassini to Saturn  Astronomy Gift Shop 2010 Sky Almanac Pentax 10x50 binoculars McDonald Observatory logo cap Peek-A-Boo Moon    Helene, a small moon of Saturn, peeks into view at the corner of this recent image from the Cassini spacecraft, with Saturn itself in the background. Helene is a small chunk of rock and ice. It has been battered by smaller moons, making it look like a knobby root vegetable. This is one of the sharpest images of Helene to date, and reveals details as small as a few hundred yards in diameter. Cassini flew past the moon on March 3. [NASA/JPL/SSI] Show all images about: All Categories Earth, Moon and the Sun The Solar System Space Probes & Human Exploration Stars & Nebulae Astronomers & Observatories Galaxies & Cosmology Stargazing & Star Lore
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