Methone

Moon· orbits Saturn

Methone is a moon orbiting Saturn.

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Key facts

Orbit around Saturn

1.01 Earth days

Science

Orbit around Saturn

Distance from Saturn: 4,513,775 km
Orbital period: 24.34 hours
Eccentricity: 0.003523
Inclination: 6.48 °

Radiation & temperature

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

Discovery & history

By: Cassini Imaging Science Team

Methone was discovered in 2004 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

The smooth, egg-shaped moon Methone, imaged by Cassini — NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons

Gray Egg — NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute · NASA Image Library

Images from open archives · credit shown per image