Methone (moon)
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Methone is a small, egg-shaped natural satellite of Saturn that orbits out past Saturn's main ring system, between the orbits of Mimas and Enceladus. It was discovered in 2004, though it was not until
Cassini image of Methone's leading side taken on 20 May 2012. Its unusually smooth surface is likely from the accumulation of dust
Discovery image of Methone on 1 June 2004
Pallene (moon)
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Pallene is a very small natural satellite of Saturn. It is named after one of the Alkyonides of Greek mythology, and is also designated Saturn XXXIII. Its orbit lies between the orbits of the larger M
Methone (moon)
…spacecraft took its first close-up photographs of Methone, revealing a remarkably smooth, but non-spherical moonlet. The other arc-embedded moonlets, Pallene and Anthe, are thought to be similar. Methone's smoothness and excellent ellipsoidal fits suggest that it has developed an equipotential surface, and…
Discovery image of Pallene in 2004 from the Cassini probe