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Prometheus ![]()
Prometheus is the third satellite of Saturn and was discovered by S. Collins and others by analyzing photographs taken by the Voyager in 1980. Like Pandora, Prometheus is a shepherd satellite for the inner part of the F-ring. It also has numerous ridges and valleys with large craters, some up to 20 kilometers (12 miles) in diameter. Relative to its immediate neighbors, Prometheus has a much smoother surface and is much less dense.
| PHYSICAL DATA FOR PROMETHEUS | |
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| Mass (kg) | 2.7e + 17 |
| Mass (Earth = 1) | 4.5181e - 08 |
| Radius (km) | 72.5 x 42.5 x 32.5 |
| Radius (Earth = 1) | 1.1367e - 02 |
| Mean Density (g/cm3) | 0.7 |
| Mean Distance from Saturn (km) | 139,350 |
| Magnitude (V0) | 15.8 |
| ORBITAL DATA FOR PROMETHEUS | |
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| Rotational period (days) | ? |
| Orbital period (days) | 0.6130 |
| Mean orbital velocity (km/s) | 16.5 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.003 |
| Orbital inclination (degrees) | 0.0 |
| Escape (km/s) | 0.0223 |
| Albedo | 0.6 |
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