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Methone

Moon of Saturn

Also known as Saturn XXXII · S/2004 S 1

Orbits: Saturn
Mass: 9 petagram
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1.ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?sat_phys_parRetrieved 2020-09-05
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Radius: 1.6 km
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1.Stated in NASA FACTSssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?sat_phys_par
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Orbital period: 1.0096 days
Semi-major axis: 194,440 km
Discovered: June 1, 2004

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Methone is a small, egg-shaped natural satellite of Saturn that orbits out past Saturn's main ring system, between the orbits of Mimas and Enceladus. It was discovered in 2004, though it was not until 2012 that it was imaged in detail by the Cassini spacecraft.

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Site of astronomical discovery: Cassini−Huygens
Provisional designation: S/2004 S 1
Part of: Alkyonides
Named after: Methone
Inclination: 0.007 degree relative to: equator
Eccentricity: 0.0001
Volume as quantity: 17 cubic kilometre
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1.Stated in NASA FACTSssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?sat_phys_par
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Diameter: 2.9 km
Density: 0.307 g/cm³
Periapsis: 194,420 km
Apoapsis: 194,460 km

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