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Planet Saturn Moons: Enceladus

Enceladus is a moon of the planet Saturn.

For a listing of other moons, see Moons of the planets.

Enceladus Moon Facts
Mass (kg) 8.40e+19
Radius (km) 250
Density (gm/cm3) 1.24
Distance from Saturn (km) 238,020
Period of rotation (days) 1.370218
Period of orbit (days) 1.370218
Orbital velocity (km/sec) 12.64
Eccentricity of orbit 0.0045
Inclination of orbit (°) 0.02
Visual albedo 0.99
Visual magnitude 11.7

This moon can to be viewed in all amateur telescopes.




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