Daphnis

Moon· orbits Saturn

Daphnis is a moon orbiting Saturn.

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Key facts

Orbit around Saturn

14.3 hours

0.59 Earth days

Science

Orbit around Saturn

Distance from Saturn: 4,450,169 km
Orbital period: 14.26 hours
Eccentricity: 0
Inclination: 0.00 °

Radiation & temperature

Insolation: 0.0112 S⊕ · 1% of the sunlight Earth receives

Discovery & history

By: Cassini Imaging Science Team

Daphnis was discovered in 2005 by Cassini Imaging Science Team. Saturn's moons are named after giants and deities of world mythology — its distant irregular moons after Norse, Inuit and Gallic figures. Beyond its discovery and naming, little more about it has been individually recorded.

Images

Daphnis raising waves at the edge of the Keeler gap, imaged by Cassini — NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons

Long Shadow, Short Shadow — NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute · NASA Image Library

Scallops at the Edges — NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute · NASA Image Library

The Gap Moons — NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute · NASA Image Library

Small Moon Shadow — NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute · NASA Image Library

Ring Moons Effects — NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute · NASA Image Library

Closest Daphnis — NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute · NASA Image Library

Edge Wave Shadows — NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute · NASA Image Library

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