Atlas
Atlas information
Average distance
from
Saturn
:
137670 km (0.0009
AU
)
Equatorial radius
:
18.5 x 17.2 x 13.5 km (
Diameter
: 37 km)
Siderial orbit period (length of year)
:
0.6019 earth days
Orbital eccentricity
:
0.000
Orbital inclination to ecliptic
:
0.3 degrees
Atlas, Saturn XV
Atlas
Atlas was a Titan condemned by Zeus to support the heavens upon his shoulders; son of Iapetus and the nymph Clymene; brother of Prometheus and Epimetheus.
Discovered by R. Terrile in 1980 from Voyager photos.
Atlas seems to be a shepherd satellite of the A ring.
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Discovered by R. Terrile (Voyager 1) in 1980
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