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This family portrait shows the smaller satellite of Saturn as viewed by Voyager 2 during its swing through the Saturn System. These images have been scaled to show the satellites in true relative sizes. This set of small objects range in size from small asterodial scales to nearly the size of Saturn's moonimas. They are probably fragments of somewhat larger bodies broken up during the bombardment period that followed accretion of the Saturnian system. Scientists believe they may be mostly icy bodies with a mixture of meteorite rock. They are somewhat less reflective than the larger satellites, suggesting that thermal evolution of the larger moons cleaned up their icy surfaces. The Voyager project is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif

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