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Enceladus (Satellite of Saturn)

Enceladus

Constants

  •  Mean Radius:               249.4 km
  •  Mass:                      0.000014 (Earth=1)
  •  Density:                   1.12 (g/cm^3)
  •  Gravity:                   0.008 (Earth=1)
  •  Orbit Period:              1.370 (Earth days)
  •  Rotation Period:           1.370 (Earth days)
  •  Semimajor Axis of Orbit:   238,040 km
  •  Eccentricity of Orbit:     0.000
Notes on Constants Table

Enceladus Nomenclature

Official names of features on Enceladus as approved by the International Astronomical Union.

Saturn Satellites Voyager Mosaics

Global image maps of Dione and other Saturnian satellites created from Voyager imagery.

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