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Key facts
- Discovered by
- Cassini Imaging Team
- Discovery date
- June 1, 2004
- Designation
- Saturn XXXII
- Pronunciation
- / m ɛ ˈ θ oʊ n iː /
- Named after
- Μεθώνη Methōnē
- Adjectives
- Methonean / m ɛ θ ə ˈ n iː ə n /
- Semi major axis
- 194 230 km
- Orbital period sidereal
- 1.009 575 d
- Inclination
- 0.0131° (to Laplace plane )
- Satellite of
- Saturn
- Dimensions
- 3.88 × 2.58 × 2.42 km, (± 0.04 × 0.08 × 0.04 km)
- Mean diameter
- 2.90 ± 0.06 km
- Volume
- 12.8 km
- Mass
- (3.92 ± 1.00) × 10 kg
- Mean density
- 0.307 ± 0.030 g/cm
- Surface gravity
- 0.008–0.013 mm/s
- Escape velocity
- 0.0005 km/s at longest axis, to 0.0007 km/s at poles
- Synodic rotation period
- synchronous
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- regular moon
- Parent body
- Saturn
- Diameter
- 2.90
- Radius
- 1.6
- Mass
- 9
- Orbital period
- 1.009573975
- Image
- Methone PIA14633.jpg
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- orbital inclination
- 0.007
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.0001
- site of astronomical discovery
- Cassini−Huygens
- Commons category
- Methone
- time of discovery or invention
- 2004-06-01
- provisional designation
- S/2004 S 1
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 194440
- volume as quantity
- 17
- density
- 0.307
- periapsis
- 194420
- apoapsis
- 194460
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