Phoebe

Phoebe is a moon of the gas giant Saturn. It is somewhat irregular in shape but not too far off being roughly spherical.

Phoebe
Phoebe imaged by Cassini in 2004

Facts About Phoebe:

  • Phoebe was the first object in the Saturn system targeted by the Cassini spacecraft in 2004.
  • It is thought that Phoebe was more spherical when it was young and hot, but has since been battered out of shape by collisions with other objects.
Classification: Moon (orbiting Saturn)
Names:  Phoebe, Saturn IX
Naming:  Named after the Greek Titaness Phoebe.
Diameter:  213 km
Mass:  8.292e+18 kg
Axial Tilt:  152.1400 °
Orbital Period:  550.564 Earth days
Eccentricity:  0.15624150
Albedo:  0.0600
Density:  1.6380 g/cm3
Escape Velocity:  0.1000 km/s
Adjective:  Phoebean
Developed by:  1899.0318
TE AWAMUTU SPACE CENTRE
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