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Helene (also known as Dione B, or Saturn XII and/or S/1980 S 6) was discovered by the French Astronomers Pierre Laques and Jean Lecacheux in the AD 1980 from ground-based observations (observations that were made from the Pic du Midi Observatory); some time afterwards, the NASA - Voyager Spacecrafts' Fly-Bys of Saturn - which took place in the early 1980s - allowed much closer views. The NASA/ESA/ASI - Cassini–Huygens Mission, which put the Cassini Spacecraft into orbit around Saturn in the AD 2004, provided us with extraordinary new views of Helene (including some of its Surface under different lighting conditions), and therefore made our Scientists capable to carry out a more in-depth analysis of this small Trojan moon.

Some of the best (and the closest) images of Helene to date are from the NASA - Cassini Spacecraft's 1800 km Fly-By occurred on March 3rd oif the AD 2010, while another very successful imaging sequence was obtained in June 2011. There have already been many approaches of Helene over the course of the Cassini Mission, and more shall come. Our hope is that through the future Fly-Bys of this moon, we could (and, likely, we will) be able to add new data and information to the ones that we already possess.