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Giano
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satellite naturale di Saturno
AI overview
Janus is a small moon of Saturn that orbits very close to the planet. It's notable because it shares an orbital path with another Saturnian moon called Epimetheus, and the two moons periodically swap positions as they travel around Saturn.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- regular moon
- Named after
- Janus
- Parent body
- Saturn
- Diameter
- 180
- Mass
- 1.9
- Orbital period
- 0.69466
- Image
- Janus - Voyager 2.jpg
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- discoverer or inventor
- Audouin Dollfus
- Commons category
- Janus (moon)
- time of discovery or invention
- 1966-12-15
- albedo
- 0.71
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.0068
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 151500
- orbital inclination
- 0.163
- density
- 0.63
- surface gravity
- 0.017
- name
- Saturn X
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Article · Italiano
Giano è un satellite naturale di Saturno, conosciuto come Saturno X, è stato chiamato in onore alla divinità romana Giano.
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