Epimetheus

Epimetheus is a moon of Saturn.

Epimetheus
Photo of Epimetheus by Cassini in December 2007
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

Facts About Epimetheus:

  • Epimetheus has a very similar orbit to the moon Janus, essentially co-orbiting Saturn.
  • The large nukber of craters indicate that Epimetheus is very old.
Classification: Moon (orbiting Saturn)
Names:  Epimetheus, Saturn XI

Discovered:  1966  by Richard Walker
Naming:  Named after the Greek mythological Epimetheus, brother of Prometheus.
Diameter:  116.2 km
Mass:  5.26 kg
Axial Tilt:  0.0000 °
Orbital Period:  0.6943
Volume:  820000 km3
Density:  0.6400 g/cm3
Escape Velocity:  0.0350 km/s
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