Epimetheus . ... Epimetheus [ep-eh-MEE-thee-us] is the fifth satellite of Saturn. ... The above image shows the shadow of Saturn's F Ring crossing its surface. ... Janus and Epimetheus may have formed from a disruption of a single parent to form co...
Phoebe . Saturn IX . Phoebe [FEE-bee] is the last of the known satellites of Saturn, at a distance of 12.952 million kilometers (8 million miles). Phoebe orbits Saturn in a retrograde direction (opposite to the direction of the other satellites' orbits)...
Helene . Saturn XII - 1980S6 . Helene was discovered by P. Laques and J. Lecacheus in 1980 through ground based observations. Helene is called a Dione Trojan satellite because it shares the same orbit as Dione at about 60 degrees ahead of its larger...
Telesto & Calypso . Telesto [tah-LESS-toh] and Calypso [ka-LIP-so] are called the Tethys Trojans because they circle Saturn in the same orbit as Tethys , about 60 degrees ahead of and behind that body. Telesto is the leading Trojan and Calypso is the...
Tethys . Saturn III . ... Tethys's icy surface is heavily cratered and contains cracks caused by faults in the ice. ... Tethys' surface temperature is -187њ C (-305њ F). Tethys Statistics . ... Mean density (gm/cm^3) . ... Mean distance from Saturn (km)...
... Updated High-Resolution Image of the Tharsis Rise . Mercator Map of Saturn'sMoon Dione . Trailing Hemisphere of Dione . ... Four new images of Saturn'smoon Enceladus . Outgoing Mariner 10 Mosaic of Mercury . Color Image of Jupiter'smoon Io. ...
... with water ice like Saturn's other moons, it displays an abnormally smooth surface ... Saturn'smoon Iapetus is equally enigmatic. ... it will use to scrutinize the clouds, atmosphere, and surface of Saturn'smoon Titan ...
... Animations of Saturn . Views of Saturn . Rings of Saturn . Saturn'sMoon Summary . References . Satellites of Saturn . ... Two of Saturn's icy moons are visible as tiny starlike objects in or near the ring plane. ...
... Pickering discovered what's now considered Saturn's 9th moon, Phoebe , in 1898. ... Phoebe is also Saturn's outermost moon. ... Janus is Saturn's tenth moon. ...
... has long been considered by scientists and celebrated in science fiction as one of the handful of places in the Solar System (along with Mars and Saturn'smoon Titan ) that could possess an environment where primitive forms of life could possibly exist ...