Dione

Dione is a moon orbiting the gas giant planet Saturn.

Dione
Dione photographed by Cassini.
Credit: NASA

Facts About Dione:

  • Dione is the 15th largest moon in the Solar System.
  • It is likely to have an underground salt water ocean.
  • Dione has been photographed by the Voyager and Cassini space probes.
Classification: Moon (orbiting Saturn)
Names:  Dione, Saturn IV

Discovered:  1684  by Giovanni Cassini
Naming:  Named after the Greek mythological Titaness Dione.
Magnitude:  10.4000 (app)
Diameter:  1122.8 km
Mass:  1.09 kg
Axial Tilt:  0.0000 °
Orbital Period:  2.7369
Eccentricity:  0.00220000
Albedo:  0.9980
Density:  1.4780 g/cm3
Surface Area:  3964776.51 km2
Escape Velocity:  0.5100 km/s
Adjective:  Dionean
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