Astronomy Answers: From the Astronomical Dictionary

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From the Astronomical Dictionary


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Phoebe

A moon of 219 km diameter at about 12,947,800 km from the planet Saturn. The gravity at its surface is about 0.0047 times as strong as on Earth. The moon goes once around its planet in about 550.4 days. The moon was discovered in 1898. Also called SIX (Saturn nine).