Polydeuces
Moon· orbits Saturn
Polydeuces — moon of Saturn.
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Key facts
Orbit around Saturn
2.74 Earth days
Science
Orbit around Saturn
- Distance from Saturn
- 392,730 km
- Orbital period
- 2.7 days
- Eccentricity
- 0.0197
- Inclination
- 6.62 °
Radiation & temperature
- Insolation
- 0.0112 S⊕ · 1% of the sunlight Earth receives
Discovery & history
- By
- Cassini Imaging Science Team
Polydeuces 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
No official imagery available — this object has never been visited and no officially-licensed depiction exists.