Prometheus

Saturn XVI - 1980S27

Prometheus Statistics
 Discovered by S. Collins & others 
 Date of discovery 1980 
 Mass (kg) 2.7e+17* 
 Mass (Earth = 1) 4.5181e-08 
 Radius (km) 72.5x42.5x32.5 
 Radius (Earth = 1) 1.1367e-02 
 Mean density (gm/cm^3) 0.7* 
 Mean distance from Saturn (km) 139,350 
 Rotational period (days)
 Orbital period (days) 0.6130 
 Mean orbital velocity (km/sec) 16.54 
 Orbital eccentricity 0.003 
 Orbital inclination (degrees) 0.0 
 Escape velocity (km/sec) 0.0223 
 Visual geometric albedo 0.6 
 Magnitude (Vo) 15.8 

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