Encyclopedia > Atlas (moon)

Article Content

Atlas (moon)

Atlas, as imaged by Voyager 1,
on November 12, 1980. (NASA)

Atlas is a moon of Saturn, named after Atlas (Titan).

Atlas was discovered by R. Terrile[?] in 1980 from Voyager photos. It seems to be a shepherd satellite of the A ring.

Orbital radius: 137,670 km
Diameter: 30 km (40 x 20)
Mass: Unknown
Orbital period: 0.6019 days
Orbital inclination: 0°

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

Islip Terrace, New York

... from two or more races. 6.61% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 1,755 households out of which 43.6% have children under the age of 18 ...