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Short Description Daphnis is an inner satellite of Saturn. It is also known as Saturn XXXV; its provisional designation was S/2005 S 1. Daphnis is about 8 kilometres in diameter, and orbits the planet in the Keeler Gap within the A ring. The moon was named in 2006 after Daphnis, a shepherd, pipes player, and pastoral poet in Greek mythology; he was descendant of the Titans, after whom the largest moons of Saturn are named. Both Daphnis and Pan, the only other known shepherd moon to orbit within Saturn's main rings, are named for mythological figures associated with shepherds. Daphnis (moon) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Discovered by Cassini Imaging Science Team Discovery date May 6, 2005 Type Moon AddInfo Saturn XXXV Satellite of Saturn Orbit Prograde Rotation Synchronous Apoapsis 06 136 510 km Periapsis 06 136 501 km Semi-major axis 06 136 505 km Distance from Sun 01 9.554 909 au /03 Eccentricity 0.000 033 1 Orbital period 0.594 079 8 day | 14.257 915 hour Orbital speed 02 16.67 km/s Inclination to the equator 000.003 6° Diameter/Size 01 7 km Dimensions 8.6 × 8.2 × 6.4 km Mass 1013×7.7 ± 1.5 kg Density 0.34 g/cm3 Surface gravity 0.000 1 m/s2 Escape velocity 0 m/s Albedo geometric 0.5 Temperature mean 02 78 K | -195 °C Absolute magnitude 24.0 - Comments
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