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单词 Epimetheus
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Epimetheus

Astronomy
  • A satellite of Saturn, in virtually the same orbit as Janus between Saturn’s F and G Rings, at a distance of 151 450 km; also known as Saturn XI. Its orbital period is 0.695 days, the same as its axial rotation period, and its size is 130 × 114 × 106 km. Epimetheus and Janus are coorbital and regularly exchange orbits when one catches up with the other. Epimetheus was discovered in 1980 on images from Voyager 1.


Geology and Earth Sciences
  • One of the lesser satellites of Saturn, discovered in 1979 by Pioneer II, with a radius measuring 69 × 55 × 55 km; mass 0.0055 × 1020 kg; mean density 630 kg/m3; visual albedo 0.8.


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