Keyword: Epimetheus
Small Moon Epimetheus
29.04.2005
Epimetheus and Janus: Interchangeable Moons of Saturn
2.11.2005
29.04.2005
Small saturnian moon Epimetheus (ep-ee-MEE-thee-us) is at most 116 kilometers across. Its cratered surface and irregular shape are highlighted by dramatic shadows in this composite close-up image from the Cassini spacecraft. However, orbiting 91,000 kilometers above Saturn's cloud tops, Epimetheus is not alone.
Epimetheus and Janus: Interchangeable Moons of Saturn
2.11.2005
These two moons change places. Epimetheus and Janus, two small moons of Saturn, actually switch positions as they orbit their home planet. The orbital radii of the moons are strangely separated by less than the radii of the moons themselves: about 50 kilometers. One moon orbits Saturn well ahead of the other, at first.
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