File:PIA09813_Epimetheus_S._polar_region.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
AI overview
Epimetheus is a small moon of Saturn that orbits very close to the planet. It's notable for having an unusual orbital relationship with another nearby Saturnian moon called Janus, with which it periodically exchanges positions in space.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Wikidata facts
- Diameter
- 117.2
- Mass
- 530
- Orbital period
- 0.694333517
- Image
- PIA09813 Epimetheus S. polar region.jpg
Show 10 more facts
- surface gravity
- 0.011
- name
- Saturn XI
- volume as quantity
- 843290
- IPA transcription
- ɛpəˈmiːθiːəs
- Commons category
- Epimetheus (moon)
- time of discovery or invention
- 1966-12-18
- albedo
- 0.73
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.009
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 151400
- orbital inclination
- 0.351
via Wikidata · CC0
~12 min read
Article
Epimetheus /ɛpəˈmiːθiːəs/ is an inner satellite of Saturn. It is named after the mythological Epimetheus, brother of Prometheus.
Discovery
Gallery (8)
Available in 61 languages
- Español
- Français
- Deutsch
- 中文
- 日本語
- Русский
- Português
- Italiano
- العربية
- हिन्दी
- Afrikaans
- Albanian
- Armenian
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Basque
- Belarusian
- Breton
- Bulgarian
Show 42 more
- Burmese
- Catalan
- cdo
- Corsican
- Croatian
- Czech
- Danish
- Esperanto
- Estonian
- Filipino
- Finnish
- Galician
- Greek
- Hebrew
- Hungarian
- Irish
- Komi
- Latin
- Latvian
- Lithuanian
- Macedonian
- Malay
- Nederlands
- Norwegian
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Polski
- Romanian
- simple
- Slovak
- Slovenian
- Svenska
- Tiếng Việt
- Türkçe
- Ukrainian
- Waray
- Welsh
- Western Panjabi
- Wu Chinese
- zh_min_nan
- zh_yue
- فارسی
- 한국어
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0
Connections
rings of Saturn
Entity
Mimas
Entity
Castor and Pollux
Entity
Epimetheus
Entity
orbital resonance
Entity
624 Hektor
Entity
617 Patroclus
Entity
317 Roxane
Entity
3548 Eurybates
Entity
229762 Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà
Entity
semi-axis
Entity
co-orbital configuration
Entity
Inner moon
Entity
list of discoverers of minor planets credited by the Minor Planet Center
Entity
Moon
Concept
Solar System
Entity
Saturn
Entity
NASA
Concept
mass
Entity
temperature
Entity