Phoebe

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Phoebe is Saturn's outermost known moon. Phoebe's orbit is about 8 million miles from Saturn which makes it nearly four times the distance from Saturn as Iapetus. Phoebe has a diameter of 136 miles. The name Phoebe comes from the daughter of Uranus and Gaia. Phoebe was discovered in 1898 by Pickering. Enceladus has a mass of 4e18kg.

The Solar System : Saturn: Phoebe

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Burlington Community High School Math Department, Burlington Community High School

last modified: January 5, 2003

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