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Available in 60 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-60" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">60 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimeteus_(maan)" title="Epimeteus (maan) – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Epimeteus (maan)" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-als mw-list-item"><a href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimetheus_(Mond)" title="Epimetheus (Mond) – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Epimetheus (Mond)" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3_(%D9%82%D9%85%D8%B1)" title="إبيميثيوس (قمر) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="إبيميثيوس (قمر)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimetheus_(o%C4%93-chhe%E2%81%BF)" title="Epimetheus (oē-chheⁿ) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Epimetheus (oē-chheⁿ)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8D%D0%B9_(%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BA)" title="Эпіметэй (спадарожнік) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Эпіметэй (спадарожнік)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9_(%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%8A%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA)" title="Епиметей (спътник) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Епиметей (спътник)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimetheus_(loarenn)" title="Epimetheus (loarenn) – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Epimetheus (loarenn)" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimeteu_(sat%C3%A8l%C2%B7lit)" title="Epimeteu (satèl·lit) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Epimeteu (satèl·lit)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimetheus_(m%C4%9Bs%C3%ADc)" title="Epimetheus (měsíc) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Epimetheus (měsíc)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimeteu" title="Epimeteu – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Epimeteu" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimeth%C3%ABws_(lloeren)" title="Epimethëws (lloeren) – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Epimethëws (lloeren)" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimetheus_(m%C3%A5ne)" title="Epimetheus (måne) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Epimetheus (måne)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimetheus_(Mond)" title="Epimetheus (Mond) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Epimetheus (Mond)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimetheus_(kuu)" title="Epimetheus (kuu) – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Epimetheus (kuu)" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%BC%CE%B7%CE%B8%CE%AD%CE%B1%CF%82_(%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%81%CF%85%CF%86%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82)" title="Επιμηθέας (δορυφόρος) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Επιμηθέας (δορυφόρος)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimeteo_(sat%C3%A9lite)" title="Epimeteo (satélite) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Epimeteo (satélite)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimeteo_(luno)" title="Epimeteo (luno) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Epimeteo (luno)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimeteo_(satelitea)" title="Epimeteo (satelitea) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Epimeteo (satelitea)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%A6%D9%88%D8%B3_(%D9%82%D9%85%D8%B1)" title="اپیمتئوس (قمر) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اپیمتئوس (قمر)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89pim%C3%A9th%C3%A9e_(lune)" title="Épiméthée (lune) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Épiméthée (lune)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimetheus_(gealach)" title="Epimetheus (gealach) – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Epimetheus (gealach)" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimeteo_(l%C3%BAa)" title="Epimeteo (lúa) – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Epimeteo (lúa)" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%90%ED%94%BC%EB%A9%94%ED%85%8C%EC%9A%B0%EC%8A%A4_(%EC%9C%84%EC%84%B1)" title="에피메테우스 (위성) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="에피메테우스 (위성)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%BA%D5%AB%D5%B4%D5%A5%D5%BF%D5%A5%D5%B5_(%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A2%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%AF)" title="Էպիմետեյ (արբանյակ) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Էպիմետեյ (արբանյակ)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B8_(%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE)" title="एपिमेथियस (चंद्रमा) – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="एपिमेथियस (चंद्रमा)" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimetej_(mjesec)" title="Epimetej (mjesec) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Epimetej (mjesec)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimetheus_(satelit)" title="Epimetheus (satelit) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Epimetheus (satelit)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimeteo_(astronomia)" title="Epimeteo (astronomia) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Epimeteo (astronomia)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A1_(%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%97)" title="אפימתאוס (ירח) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אפימתאוס (ירח)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9" title="Эпиметей – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="Эпиметей" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimetheus_(satelles)" title="Epimetheus (satelles) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Epimetheus (satelles)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epim%C4%93tejs_(pavadonis)" title="Epimētejs (pavadonis) – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Epimētejs (pavadonis)" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimet%C4%97jas_(palydovas)" title="Epimetėjas (palydovas) – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Epimetėjas (palydovas)" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimetheus" title="Epimetheus – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Epimetheus" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%98_(%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Епиметеј (месечина) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Епиметеј (месечина)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimetheus_(bulan)" title="Epimetheus (bulan) – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Epimetheus (bulan)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a 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div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the asteroid, see <a href="/wiki/1810_Epimetheus" title="1810 Epimetheus">1810 Epimetheus</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Epimetheus</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:PIA09813_Epimetheus_S._polar_region.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/PIA09813_Epimetheus_S._polar_region.jpg/290px-PIA09813_Epimetheus_S._polar_region.jpg" decoding="async" width="290" height="280" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/PIA09813_Epimetheus_S._polar_region.jpg/435px-PIA09813_Epimetheus_S._polar_region.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/PIA09813_Epimetheus_S._polar_region.jpg/580px-PIA09813_Epimetheus_S._polar_region.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="580" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">South pole of Epimetheus imaged by <i><a href="/wiki/Cassini%E2%80%93Huygens" title="Cassini–Huygens">Cassini</a></i> on 3 December 2007</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#E0CCFF">Discovery</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_minor_planet_discoverers" title="List of minor planet discoverers">Discovered by</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Walker_(astronomer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Walker (astronomer)">Richard Walker</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;">Discovery date</th><td class="infobox-data">18 December 1966</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#E0CCFF">Designations</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Designation</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Saturn XI</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;">Pronunciation</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="/θ/: 'th' in 'thigh'">θ</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span></span>/</a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Named after</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Epimetheus_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Epimetheus (mythology)">Ἐπιμηθεύς</a> <i>Epimētheus</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_adjectivals_and_demonyms_of_astronomical_bodies" title="List of adjectivals and demonyms of astronomical bodies">Adjectives</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Epimethean <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="/θ/: 'th' in 'thigh'">θ</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span></span>/</a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#E0CCFF"><a href="/wiki/Osculating_orbit" title="Osculating orbit">Orbital characteristics</a> <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESpitale_Jacobson_et_al.2006_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESpitale_Jacobson_et_al.2006-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Epoch_(astronomy)" title="Epoch (astronomy)">Epoch</a> 31 December 2003 (<a href="/wiki/Julian_day" title="Julian day">JD</a> 2453005.5)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Semi-major_and_semi-minor_axes" title="Semi-major and semi-minor axes">Semi-major axis</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7008151410000000000♠"></span>151<span style="margin-left:.25em;">410</span><span style="margin-left:0.3em;margin-right:0.15em;">±</span>10 km</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><a href="/wiki/Orbital_eccentricity" title="Orbital eccentricity">Eccentricity</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="6997980000000000000♠"></span>0.0098</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Orbital_period" title="Orbital period">Orbital period (sidereal)</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7004599904158688000♠"></span>0.694<span style="margin-left:.25em;">333</span><span style="margin-left:.25em;">517</span> d</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><a href="/wiki/Orbital_inclination" title="Orbital inclination">Inclination</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="6997612610567450011♠"></span>0.351°<span style="margin-left:0.3em;margin-right:0.15em;">±</span>0.004°</span> to Saturn's equator</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><a href="/wiki/Natural_satellite" title="Natural satellite">Satellite of</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Saturn" title="Saturn">Saturn</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><a href="/wiki/Irregular_moon#Group" title="Irregular moon">Group</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Co-orbital_moon" class="mw-redirect" title="Co-orbital moon">Co-orbital</a> with <a href="/wiki/Janus_(moon)" title="Janus (moon)">Janus</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#E0CCFF"><span class="anchor" id="Infobox_Physical_characteristics"></span>Physical characteristics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><a href="/wiki/Mean_radius_(astronomy)" title="Mean radius (astronomy)">Dimensions</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7002129600000000000♠"></span>129.6 × 116.2 × 107.0</span> km<br />(± <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="6999600000000000000♠"></span>0.6 × 0.4 × 0.4</span> km)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThomas_&_Helfenstein2020_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThomas_&_Helfenstein2020-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 2">: 2 </span></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Mean_radius_(astronomy)" title="Mean radius (astronomy)">Mean diameter</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7005117200000000000♠"></span>117.2<span style="margin-left:0.3em;margin-right:0.15em;">±</span>0.6 km</span><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThomas_&_Helfenstein2020_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThomas_&_Helfenstein2020-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 2">: 2 </span></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><a href="/wiki/Volume" title="Volume">Volume</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7014843290000000000♠"></span>843<span style="margin-left:.25em;">290</span><span style="margin-left:0.3em;margin-right:0.15em;">±</span>2000 km<sup>3</sup></span><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELainey_et_al.2023_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELainey_et_al.2023-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 4">: 4 </span></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><a href="/wiki/Mass" title="Mass">Mass</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7017525607000000000♠"></span>(5.256<span style="margin-left:.25em;">07</span><span style="margin-left:0.3em;margin-right:0.15em;">±</span>0.000<span style="margin-left:.25em;">81</span>)<span style="margin-left:0.25em;margin-right:0.15em;">×</span>10<sup>17</sup> kg</span><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Mean <a href="/wiki/Density" title="Density">density</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7002623300000000000♠"></span>0.6233<span style="margin-left:0.3em;margin-right:0.15em;">±</span>0.0015 g/cm<sup>3</sup></span><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELainey_et_al.2023_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELainey_et_al.2023-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 4">: 4 </span></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Surface_gravity" title="Surface gravity">Surface gravity</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="6997660000000000000♠"></span>0.0066–0.0109 m/s<sup>2</sup></span><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThomas_&_Helfenstein2020_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThomas_&_Helfenstein2020-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 3">: 3 </span></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Escape_velocity" title="Escape velocity">Escape velocity</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">0.033 km/s at longest axis<br />to 0.036 km/s at poles</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Synodic_rotation_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Synodic rotation period">Synodic rotation period</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Synchronous_rotation" class="mw-redirect" title="Synchronous rotation">synchronous</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Axial_tilt" title="Axial tilt">Axial tilt</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">zero</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><a href="/wiki/Albedo" title="Albedo">Albedo</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="6999730000000000000♠"></span>0.73<span style="margin-left:0.3em;margin-right:0.15em;">±</span>0.03</span> (<a href="/wiki/Geometric_albedo" title="Geometric albedo">geometric</a>) <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVerbiscer_French_et_al.2007_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVerbiscer_French_et_al.2007-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><a href="/wiki/Temperature" title="Temperature">Temperature</a></th><td class="infobox-data">≈ 78 <a href="/wiki/Kelvin" title="Kelvin">K</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Epimetheus</b> <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="/θ/: 'th' in 'thigh'">θ</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span></span>/</a></span></span> is an <a href="/wiki/Inner_satellite" class="mw-redirect" title="Inner satellite">inner satellite</a> of <a href="/wiki/Saturn" title="Saturn">Saturn</a>. It is also known as <b>Saturn XI</b>. It is named after the mythological <a href="/wiki/Epimetheus" title="Epimetheus">Epimetheus</a>, brother of <a href="/wiki/Prometheus" title="Prometheus">Prometheus</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discovery">Discovery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Epimetheus_(moon)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Discovery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Epimetheus.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Epimetheus.jpg/220px-Epimetheus.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="234" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Epimetheus.jpg/330px-Epimetheus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Epimetheus.jpg/440px-Epimetheus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="701" data-file-height="747" /></a><figcaption>Epimetheus</figcaption></figure> <p>Epimetheus occupies essentially the same orbit as the moon <a href="/wiki/Janus_(moon)" title="Janus (moon)">Janus</a>. Astronomers originally assumed that there was only one body in that orbit, disbelieving that two moons could share nearly identical orbits without eventually colliding.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJPL/NASA:_Epimetheus_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJPL/NASA:_Epimetheus-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thus, there was difficulty in determining their orbital characteristics. Observations were photographic and spaced widely apart in time, so that while the presence of two objects was not obvious, the observations were difficult to reconcile with a reasonable orbit.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPhys.org_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPhys.org-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Audouin_Dollfus" title="Audouin Dollfus">Audouin Dollfus</a> observed a moon on 15 December 1966,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIAUC_1987_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEIAUC_1987-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which he proposed to be named "Janus".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIAUC_1995_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEIAUC_1995-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 18 December, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Walker_(astronomer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Walker (astronomer)">Richard Walker</a> made a similar observation which is now credited as the discovery of Epimetheus.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIAUC_1991_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEIAUC_1991-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, at the time, it was believed that there was only one moon, unofficially known as "Janus", in the given orbit.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJPL/NASA:_Epimetheus_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJPL/NASA:_Epimetheus-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Twelve years later, in October 1978, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_M._Larson" class="mw-redirect" title="Stephen M. Larson">Stephen M. Larson</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_W._Fountain&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John W. Fountain (page does not exist)">John W. Fountain</a> realised that the 1966 observations were best explained by two distinct objects (Janus and Epimetheus) sharing very similar orbits.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFountainLarson1978_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFountainLarson1978-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was confirmed in 1980 by <i><a href="/wiki/Voyager_1" title="Voyager 1">Voyager 1</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeverington2003454_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELeverington2003454-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and so Larson and Fountain officially share the discovery of Epimetheus with Walker.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJPL/NASA:_Epimetheus_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJPL/NASA:_Epimetheus-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A moon that was probably Epimetheus appeared in two <i><a href="/wiki/Pioneer_11" title="Pioneer 11">Pioneer 11</a></i> images and was designated <b>1979S1</b>, there is uncertainty though because the two images were not enough to allow a reliable orbit to be calculated.<sup id="cite_ref-Ulivi150_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ulivi150-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Epimetheus received its name in 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-mythology_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mythology-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name Janus was approved by the <a href="/wiki/International_Astronomical_Union" title="International Astronomical Union">IAU</a> at the same time, although the name had been used informally since Dollfus proposed it shortly after the 1966 discovery.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJPL/NASA:_Epimetheus_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJPL/NASA:_Epimetheus-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Orbit">Orbit</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Epimetheus_(moon)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Orbit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PIA08170_Epimetheus_and_Janus.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/PIA08170_Epimetheus_and_Janus.jpg/220px-PIA08170_Epimetheus_and_Janus.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/PIA08170_Epimetheus_and_Janus.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="220" /></a><figcaption>Epimetheus (lower left) and <a href="/wiki/Janus_(moon)" title="Janus (moon)">Janus</a> (right) seen on 20 March 2006, two months after swapping orbits. The two moons appear close only because of <a href="/wiki/Foreshortening" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreshortening">foreshortening</a>; in reality, Janus is about 40,000 km farther from <i>Cassini</i> than Epimetheus.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Epimetheus-Janus_Orbit.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Epimetheus-Janus_Orbit.png/250px-Epimetheus-Janus_Orbit.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Epimetheus-Janus_Orbit.png/375px-Epimetheus-Janus_Orbit.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Epimetheus-Janus_Orbit.png/500px-Epimetheus-Janus_Orbit.png 2x" data-file-width="1029" data-file-height="697" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Rotating_reference_frame" title="Rotating reference frame">Rotating-frame</a> depiction of the <a href="/wiki/Horseshoe_orbit" title="Horseshoe orbit">horseshoe orbits</a> of Janus and Epimetheus</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Animation_of_Epimetheus_orbit_-_Rotating_reference_frame.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Animation_of_Epimetheus_orbit_-_Rotating_reference_frame.gif/250px-Animation_of_Epimetheus_orbit_-_Rotating_reference_frame.gif" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Animation_of_Epimetheus_orbit_-_Rotating_reference_frame.gif/375px-Animation_of_Epimetheus_orbit_-_Rotating_reference_frame.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Animation_of_Epimetheus_orbit_-_Rotating_reference_frame.gif/500px-Animation_of_Epimetheus_orbit_-_Rotating_reference_frame.gif 2x" data-file-width="560" data-file-height="420" /></a><figcaption>Animation of Epimetheus<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> orbit – Rotating reference frame<br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color: Darkkhaki; color:black;"> </span>  Saturn</span> <b>·</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color: Lime; color:black;"> </span>  Janus </span> <b>·</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Magenta; color:black;"> </span> Epimetheus</span></figcaption></figure> <p>Epimetheus's orbit is <a href="/wiki/Co-orbital_configuration" title="Co-orbital configuration">co-orbital</a> with that of <a href="/wiki/Janus_(moon)" title="Janus (moon)">Janus</a>. Janus's <a href="/wiki/Semimajor_axis" class="mw-redirect" title="Semimajor axis">mean orbital radius</a> from Saturn is, as of 2006 (as shown by the green color in the adjacent picture), only 50 km less than that of Epimetheus, a distance smaller than either moon's mean radius. In accordance with <a href="/wiki/Kepler%27s_laws_of_planetary_motion" title="Kepler's laws of planetary motion">Kepler's laws of planetary motion</a>, the closer <a href="/wiki/Orbit" title="Orbit">orbit</a> is completed more quickly. Because of the small difference, it is completed in only about 30 seconds less. Each day, the inner moon is an additional 0.25° farther around Saturn than the outer moon. As the inner moon catches up to the outer moon, their mutual gravitational attraction increases the inner moon's momentum and decreases that of the outer moon. This added momentum means that the inner moon's distance from Saturn and <a href="/wiki/Orbital_period" title="Orbital period">orbital period</a> are increased, and the outer moon's are decreased. The timing and magnitude of the <a href="/wiki/Gravity_assist" title="Gravity assist">momentum exchange</a> is such that the moons effectively swap orbits, never approaching closer than about 10,000 km. At each encounter Janus's orbital radius changes by ~20 km and Epimetheus's by ~80 km: Janus's orbit is less affected because it is four times more massive than Epimetheus. The exchange takes place approximately every four years; the last close approaches occurred in January 2006,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJPL/NASA:_The_Dancing_Moons_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJPL/NASA:_The_Dancing_Moons-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2010, 2014, and 2018. This is the only such orbital configuration of moons known in the <a href="/wiki/Solar_System" title="Solar System">Solar System</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEl_Moutamid_et_al2015_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEl_Moutamid_et_al2015-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Though asteroids are known to participate in horseshoe orbits). </p><p>The orbital relationship between Janus and Epimetheus can be understood in terms of the <a href="/wiki/Three-body_problem#Circular" title="Three-body problem">circular restricted three-body problem</a>, as a case in which the two moons (the third body being Saturn) are similar in size to each other.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELlibre_and_Ollé_2011_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELlibre_and_Ollé_2011-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Physical_characteristics">Physical characteristics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Epimetheus_(moon)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Physical characteristics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are several Epimethean craters larger than 30 km in diameter, as well as both large and small ridges and grooves. The extensive cratering indicates that Epimetheus must be quite old. Janus and Epimetheus may have formed from a disruption of a single parent to form co-orbital satellites, but if this is the case the disruption must have happened early in the history of the satellite system. From its very low density and relatively high <a href="/wiki/Albedo" title="Albedo">albedo</a>, it seems likely that Epimetheus is a very porous icy body.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJPL/NASA:_Epimetheus_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJPL/NASA:_Epimetheus-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is considerable uncertainty in these values, however, and so this remains to be confirmed.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The south pole is dominated by a large, flat basin with a central peak that covers much of the moon's southern hemisphere, which may be the remains of a large impact crater.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJPL/NASA:_Epimetheus_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJPL/NASA:_Epimetheus-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There appear to be two terrain types: darker, smoother areas, and brighter, slightly more yellowish, fractured terrain. One interpretation is that the darker material evidently moves down slopes, and probably has a lower ice content than the brighter material, which appears more like "bedrock". Nonetheless, materials in both terrains are likely to be rich in water ice.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJPL/NASA:_Epimetheus_Revealed_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJPL/NASA:_Epimetheus_Revealed-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Features">Features</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Epimetheus_(moon)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Craters on Epimetheus, like those on Janus, are named after characters in the legend of <a href="/wiki/Castor_and_Pollux" title="Castor and Pollux">Castor and Pollux</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Named Epimethean craters </caption> <tbody><tr> <th width="100">Name</th> <th>Pronunciation</th> <th>Latin or Greek </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hilaeira" title="Hilaeira">Hilaeira</a></td> <td><span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'h' in 'hi'">h</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ɪər/: 'ear' in 'near'">ɪər</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>/</a></span></span></td> <td>Ἱλάειρα </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Castor_and_Polydeuces" class="mw-redirect" title="Castor and Polydeuces">Pollux</a></td> <td><span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/ɒ/: 'o' in 'body'">ɒ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span></span>/</a></span></span></td> <td>Pollūx </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The first has been misspelled 'Hilairea' at USGS, which would presumably be pronounced <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/hɪˈlɛəriə/</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Interactions_with_rings">Interactions with rings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Epimetheus_(moon)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Interactions with rings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Rings_of_Saturn#Janus/Epimetheus_Ring" title="Rings of Saturn">faint dust ring</a> is present around the region occupied by the orbits of Epimetheus and Janus, as revealed by images taken in forward-scattered light by the <a href="/wiki/Cassini%E2%80%93Huygens" title="Cassini–Huygens"><i>Cassini</i> spacecraft</a> in 2006. The ring has a radial extent of about 5000 km.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJPL/NASA:_Moon-Made_Rings_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJPL/NASA:_Moon-Made_Rings-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its source are particles blasted off their surfaces by meteoroid impacts, which then form a diffuse ring around their orbital paths.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliams_et_al._2011_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliams_et_al._2011-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJPL/NASA:_Creating_New_Rings_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJPL/NASA:_Creating_New_Rings-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Along with Janus, Epimetheus acts as a <a href="/wiki/Shepherd_moon" title="Shepherd moon">shepherd moon</a>, maintaining the sharp outer edge of the <a href="/wiki/A_Ring" class="mw-redirect" title="A Ring">A Ring</a> in a 7:6 <a href="/wiki/Orbital_resonance" title="Orbital resonance">orbital resonance</a>. The effect is more obvious when the more massive Janus is on the resonant (inner) orbit.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEl_Moutamid_et_al2015_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEl_Moutamid_et_al2015-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Epimetheus_(moon)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Epimetheus_-_Voyager_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Epimetheus crossed by the shadow of the F Ring, as imaged by Voyager 1 (NASA)"><img alt="Epimetheus crossed by the shadow of the F Ring, as imaged by Voyager 1 (NASA)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Epimetheus_-_Voyager_1.jpg/120px-Epimetheus_-_Voyager_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Epimetheus_-_Voyager_1.jpg/180px-Epimetheus_-_Voyager_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Epimetheus_-_Voyager_1.jpg/240px-Epimetheus_-_Voyager_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="250" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Epimetheus crossed by the shadow of the <a href="/wiki/F_Ring" class="mw-redirect" title="F Ring">F Ring</a>, as imaged by <i><a href="/wiki/Voyager_1" title="Voyager 1">Voyager 1</a></i> (NASA)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PIA17208-SaturnMoon-Epimetheus-CloseFlyby-20151206.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Epimetheus - flyby (6 December 2015)"><img alt="Epimetheus - flyby (6 December 2015)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/PIA17208-SaturnMoon-Epimetheus-CloseFlyby-20151206.jpg/120px-PIA17208-SaturnMoon-Epimetheus-CloseFlyby-20151206.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/PIA17208-SaturnMoon-Epimetheus-CloseFlyby-20151206.jpg/180px-PIA17208-SaturnMoon-Epimetheus-CloseFlyby-20151206.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/PIA17208-SaturnMoon-Epimetheus-CloseFlyby-20151206.jpg/240px-PIA17208-SaturnMoon-Epimetheus-CloseFlyby-20151206.jpg 2x" data-file-width="654" data-file-height="654" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Epimetheus - flyby<br />(6 December 2015)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Epimetheus_Mosaic.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Mosaic of five images during February 2017 flyby"><img alt="Mosaic of five images during February 2017 flyby" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Epimetheus_Mosaic.png/120px-Epimetheus_Mosaic.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Epimetheus_Mosaic.png/180px-Epimetheus_Mosaic.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Epimetheus_Mosaic.png/240px-Epimetheus_Mosaic.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Mosaic of five images during February 2017 flyby</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Epimetheus_(moon)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Calculated from the standard gravitational parameter <i>GM</i> = <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="6998350806000000000♠"></span>(3.508<span style="margin-left:.25em;">06</span><span style="margin-left:0.3em;margin-right:0.15em;">±</span>0.000<span style="margin-left:.25em;">54</span>)<span style="margin-left:0.25em;margin-right:0.15em;">×</span>10<sup>−2</sup> km<sup>3</sup>·s<sup>–2</sup></span> given by Lainey et al. (2023), divided by the <a href="/wiki/Gravitational_constant" title="Gravitational constant">gravitational constant</a> <i>G</i> = <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="6998667430000000000♠"></span>6.6743<span style="margin-left:0.25em;margin-right:0.15em;">×</span>10<sup>−2</sup> km<sup>3</sup>·kg<sup>–1</sup>·s<sup>–2</sup></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELainey_et_al.2023_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELainey_et_al.2023-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-mythology-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-mythology_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> Transactions of the International Astronomical Union, Vol. XVIIIA, 1982 (confirms Janus, names Epimetheus, Telesto, Calypso) (mentioned in <a href="#CITEREFIAUC_3872">IAUC 3872: <i>Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn</i></a> 1983 September 30)</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Epimetheus_(moon)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Epimetheus_(moon)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0059:entry=Epimetheus">Epimetheus</a>. Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short. <i><a href="/wiki/A_Latin_Dictionary" title="A Latin Dictionary">A Latin Dictionary</a></i> on <a href="/wiki/Perseus_Project" class="mw-redirect" title="Perseus Project">Perseus Project</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">NASA (2005 March 28) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/12454/epimethean-profile/">Epimethean Profile</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESpitale_Jacobson_et_al.2006-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESpitale_Jacobson_et_al.2006_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSpitale_Jacobson_et_al.2006">Spitale Jacobson et al. 2006</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEThomas_&_Helfenstein2020-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThomas_&_Helfenstein2020_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a 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style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Moons_of_Saturn" title="Template:Moons of Saturn"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Moons_of_Saturn" title="Template talk:Moons of Saturn"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Moons_of_Saturn" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Moons of Saturn"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Moons_of_Saturn" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Moons_of_Saturn" title="Moons of Saturn">Moons of Saturn</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><div>Listed in approximate increasing distance from Saturn</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Moons_of_Saturn#Ring_moonlets" title="Moons of Saturn">Ring moonlets</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/S/2009_S_1" title="S/2009 S 1">S/2009 S 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aegaeon_(moon)" title="Aegaeon (moon)">Aegaeon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Shepherd_moon" title="Shepherd moon">Ring shepherds</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pan_(moon)" title="Pan (moon)">Pan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daphnis_(moon)" title="Daphnis (moon)">Daphnis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prometheus_(moon)" title="Prometheus (moon)">Prometheus</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Epimetheus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janus_(moon)" title="Janus (moon)">Janus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%">Other inner moons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_(moon)" title="Atlas (moon)">Atlas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pandora_(moon)" title="Pandora (moon)">Pandora</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Moons_of_Saturn#The_Alkyonides" title="Moons of Saturn">Alkyonides</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Methone_(moon)" title="Methone (moon)">Methone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthe_(moon)" title="Anthe (moon)">Anthe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pallene_(moon)" title="Pallene (moon)">Pallene</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%">Large moons<br />(with <a href="/wiki/Co-orbital_configuration#Trojan_moons" title="Co-orbital configuration">trojans</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Mimas" title="Mimas">Mimas</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Enceladus" title="Enceladus">Enceladus</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tethys_(moon)" title="Tethys (moon)">Tethys</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Telesto_(moon)" title="Telesto (moon)">Telesto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calypso_(moon)" title="Calypso (moon)">Calypso</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Dione_(moon)" title="Dione (moon)">Dione</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Helene_(moon)" title="Helene (moon)">Helene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polydeuces_(moon)" title="Polydeuces (moon)">Polydeuces</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Rhea_(moon)" title="Rhea (moon)">Rhea</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Titan_(moon)" title="Titan (moon)">Titan</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyperion_(moon)" title="Hyperion (moon)">Hyperion</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Iapetus_(moon)" title="Iapetus (moon)">Iapetus</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Inuit_group" title="Inuit group">Inuit group</a> (13)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Kiviuq subgroup</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/S/2019_S_1" title="S/2019 S 1">S/2019 S 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiviuq_(moon)" title="Kiviuq (moon)">Kiviuq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2005_S_4" title="S/2005 S 4">S/2005 S 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2020_S_1" title="S/2020 S 1">S/2020 S 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ijiraq_(moon)" title="Ijiraq (moon)">Ijiraq</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Paaliaq subgroup</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paaliaq" title="Paaliaq">Paaliaq</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Siarnaq subgroup</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/S/2004_S_31" title="S/2004 S 31">S/2004 S 31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarqeq" title="Tarqeq">Tarqeq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2019_S_14" title="S/2019 S 14">S/2019 S 14</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Siarnaq" title="Siarnaq">Siarnaq</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2020_S_3" title="S/2020 S 3">S/2020 S 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2019_S_6" title="S/2019 S 6">S/2019 S 6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2020_S_5" title="S/2020 S 5">S/2020 S 5</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gallic_group" title="Gallic group">Gallic group</a> (7)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Albiorix_(moon)" title="Albiorix (moon)">Albiorix</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bebhionn_(moon)" title="Bebhionn (moon)">Bebhionn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2007_S_8" title="S/2007 S 8">S/2007 S 8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturn_LX" title="Saturn LX">Saturn LX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erriapus" title="Erriapus">Erriapus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarvos_(moon)" title="Tarvos (moon)">Tarvos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2020_S_4" title="S/2020 S 4">S/2020 S 4</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Norse_group" title="Norse group">Norse group</a> (100)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Phoebe_subgroup" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Phoebe subgroup</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Phoebe_(moon)" title="Phoebe (moon)">Phoebe</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2006_S_20" title="S/2006 S 20">S/2006 S 20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2006_S_9" title="S/2006 S 9">S/2006 S 9</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Skathi_(moon)" title="Skathi (moon)">Skathi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2007_S_5" title="S/2007 S 5">S/2007 S 5</a></li> <li>S/2007 S 7</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2007_S_2" title="S/2007 S 2">S/2007 S 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2004_S_37" title="S/2004 S 37">S/2004 S 37</a></li> <li>S/2004 S 47</li> <li>S/2004 S 40</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2019_S_2" title="S/2019 S 2">S/2019 S 2</a></li> <li>S/2019 S 3</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2020_S_7" title="S/2020 S 7">S/2020 S 7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skoll_(moon)" title="Skoll (moon)">Skoll</a></li> <li>S/2020 S 2</li> <li>S/2019 S 4</li> <li>S/2004 S 41</li> <li>S/2004 S 42</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyrrokkin_(moon)" title="Hyrrokkin (moon)">Hyrrokkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greip_(moon)" title="Greip (moon)">Greip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2004_S_13" title="S/2004 S 13">S/2004 S 13</a></li> <li>S/2007 S 6</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mundilfari_(moon)" title="Mundilfari (moon)">Mundilfari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2006_S_1" title="S/2006 S 1">S/2006 S 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2004_S_43" title="S/2004 S 43">S/2004 S 43</a></li> <li>S/2006 S 10</li> <li>S/2019 S 5</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gridr_(moon)" title="Gridr (moon)">Gridr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bergelmir_(moon)" title="Bergelmir (moon)">Bergelmir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jarnsaxa_(moon)" title="Jarnsaxa (moon)">Jarnsaxa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narvi_(moon)" title="Narvi (moon)">Narvi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suttungr_(moon)" title="Suttungr (moon)">Suttungr</a></li> <li>S/2004 S 44</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2007_S_3" title="S/2007 S 3">S/2007 S 3</a></li> <li>S/2004 S 45</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hati_(moon)" title="Hati (moon)">Hati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2004_S_17" title="S/2004 S 17">S/2004 S 17</a></li> <li>S/2006 S 11</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2004_S_12" title="S/2004 S 12">S/2004 S 12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eggther_(moon)" title="Eggther (moon)">Eggther</a></li> <li>S/2006 S 13</li> <li>S/2007 S 9</li> <li>S/2019 S 7</li> <li>S/2019 S 8</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farbauti_(moon)" title="Farbauti (moon)">Farbauti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrymr_(moon)" title="Thrymr (moon)">Thrymr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bestla_(moon)" title="Bestla (moon)">Bestla</a></li> <li>S/2019 S 9</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2004_S_46" title="S/2004 S 46">S/2004 S 46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angrboda_(moon)" title="Angrboda (moon)">Angrboda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2019_S_11" title="S/2019 S 11">S/2019 S 11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aegir_(moon)" title="Aegir (moon)">Aegir</a></li> <li>S/2019 S 10</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beli_(moon)" title="Beli (moon)">Beli</a></li> <li>S/2019 S 12</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerd_(moon)" title="Gerd (moon)">Gerd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2019_S_13" title="S/2019 S 13">S/2019 S 13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2006_S_14" title="S/2006 S 14">S/2006 S 14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunnlod_(moon)" title="Gunnlod (moon)">Gunnlod</a></li> <li>S/2019 S 15</li> <li>S/2020 S 6</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2004_S_7" title="S/2004 S 7">S/2004 S 7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2006_S_3" title="S/2006 S 3">S/2006 S 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2005_S_5" title="S/2005 S 5">S/2005 S 5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skrymir_(moon)" title="Skrymir (moon)">Skrymir</a></li> <li>S/2006 S 16</li> <li>S/2006 S 15</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2004_S_28" title="S/2004 S 28">S/2004 S 28</a></li> <li>S/2020 S 8</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alvaldi_(moon)" title="Alvaldi (moon)">Alvaldi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kari_(moon)" title="Kari (moon)">Kari</a></li> <li>S/2004 S 48</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geirrod_(moon)" title="Geirrod (moon)">Geirrod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fenrir_(moon)" title="Fenrir (moon)">Fenrir</a></li> <li>S/2004 S 50</li> <li>S/2006 S 17</li> <li>S/2004 S 49</li> <li>S/2019 S 17</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surtur_(moon)" title="Surtur (moon)">Surtur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2006_S_18" title="S/2006 S 18">S/2006 S 18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loge_(moon)" title="Loge (moon)">Loge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ymir_(moon)" title="Ymir (moon)">Ymir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2019_S_19" title="S/2019 S 19">S/2019 S 19</a></li> <li>S/2019 S 18</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2004_S_21" title="S/2004 S 21">S/2004 S 21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2004_S_39" title="S/2004 S 39">S/2004 S 39</a></li> <li>S/2019 S 16</li> <li>S/2004 S 53</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2004_S_36" title="S/2004 S 36">S/2004 S 36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thiazzi_(moon)" title="Thiazzi (moon)">Thiazzi</a></li> <li>S/2019 S 20</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2006_S_19" title="S/2006 S 19">S/2006 S 19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturn_LXIV" title="Saturn LXIV">Saturn LXIV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fornjot_(moon)" title="Fornjot (moon)">Fornjot</a></li> <li>S/2004 S 51</li> <li>S/2020 S 10</li> <li><a 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/>moons</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Near-Earth</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/3122_Florence" title="3122 Florence">Florence</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/65803_Didymos" title="65803 Didymos">Didymos</a> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Dimorphos" title="Dimorphos">Dimorphos</a></span></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/66391_Moshup" title="66391 Moshup">Moshup</a> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/66391_Moshup#Satellite" title="66391 Moshup">Squannit</a></span></dd></dl></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/(136617)_1994_CC" title="(136617) 1994 CC">1994 CC</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/(153591)_2001_SN263" title="(153591) 2001 SN263">2001 SN<sub>263</sub></a></span></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Main belt</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/22_Kalliope" title="22 Kalliope">Kalliope</a> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Linus_(moon)" title="Linus (moon)">Linus</a></span></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/31_Euphrosyne" title="31 Euphrosyne">Euphrosyne</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/41_Daphne" title="41 Daphne">Daphne</a> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:85%;">Peneius</span></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/45_Eugenia" title="45 Eugenia">Eugenia</a> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Petit-Prince_(moon)" title="Petit-Prince (moon)">Petit-Prince</a></span></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/87_Sylvia" title="87 Sylvia">Sylvia</a> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Romulus_(moon)" title="Romulus (moon)">Romulus</a></span></dd> <dd><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Remus_(moon)" title="Remus (moon)">Remus</a></span></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/93_Minerva" title="93 Minerva">Minerva</a> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:85%;">Aegis</span></dd> <dd><span style="font-size:85%;">Gorgoneion</span></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/107_Camilla" title="107 Camilla">Camilla</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/130_Elektra" title="130 Elektra">Elektra</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/216_Kleopatra" title="216 Kleopatra">Kleopatra</a> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:85%;">Alexhelios</span></dd> <dd><span style="font-size:85%;">Cleoselene</span></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/243_Ida" title="243 Ida">Ida</a> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Dactyl_(moon)" title="Dactyl (moon)">Dactyl</a></span></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/317_Roxane" title="317 Roxane">Roxane</a> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Olympias_(moon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Olympias (moon)">Olympias</a></span></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/762_Pulcova" title="762 Pulcova">Pulcova</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/3749_Balam" title="3749 Balam">Balam</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/152830_Dinkinesh" title="152830 Dinkinesh">Dinkinesh</a> (Selam)</dd></dl> <dl><dt>Jupiter trojans</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/617_Patroclus" title="617 Patroclus">Patroclus</a> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Menoetius_(moon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Menoetius (moon)">Menoetius</a></span></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/624_Hektor" title="624 Hektor">Hektor</a> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Skamandrios_(moon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Skamandrios (moon)">Skamandrios</a></span></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/3548_Eurybates" title="3548 Eurybates">Eurybates</a> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Queta_(moon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Queta (moon)">Queta</a></span></dd></dl></dd></dl> <dl><dt>TNOs</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/47171_Lempo" title="47171 Lempo">Lempo</a> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/47171_Lempo#Hiisi" title="47171 Lempo">Hiisi</a></span></dd> <dd><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/47171_Lempo#Paha" title="47171 Lempo">Paha</a></span></dd></dl></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/(55637)_2002_UX25" title="(55637) 2002 UX25">2002 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