This is an image of Helene. Helene was discovered by the French
astronomers Pierre Laques, Raymond Despiau and J. Lecacheux on
February 29, 1980. Even though Helene is so far away, they were
able to make their discovery at an observatory in France using a
telescope and electronographic camera. A few months later, P.
Laques and J. Lecacheux, along with the other members of the
Voyager team, confirmed the discovery of Helene with pictures
taken from space. Helene is the 6th farthest moon from Saturn,
with a standoff distance of 377,400 km. Helene is one of the
small moons, and is just 18 x 15 km (12 x 10 miles) in size. Its
dimensions make Helene about the size of a medium city. The
surface features can just barely be distinguished in this image.
Nevertheless, as a small moon, details about the composition and
structure of the moon are unknown. Shop Windows to the Universe
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