Snuggled close to Saturn, these innermost moons are small — Epimetheus, one of the largest, stretches just 72 miles across. But they are hefty enough to help sculpt Saturn’s rings.

Life is hard for a little moon. Epimetheus, seen here with Saturn in the background, is lumpy and misshapen, thanks in part to its size and formation process. Epimetheus did […] ...

North on Epimetheus is up and rotated 5 degrees to the left. The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Dec. 6, 2015.

In December 2015 the Cassini spacecraft flew close to Saturn's weird, tiny moon Epimetheus for a look, the last close pass before the mission ends in 2017.

Saturn's Epimetheus is ready for its close-up in an image showing how rough life can be for an unprotected moon out in space. NASA's Cassini probe snaps close-up of Saturn moon Epimetheus - CNET X ...

Home / New View of Saturn’s Moon Epimetheus. Posted in Press Release New View of Saturn’s Moon Epimetheus by SpaceRef February 1, 2017 July 15, 2024. Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X; ...

When Epimetheus was finished with his creation, ... Zeus had sworn to punish humans, too, and this he did — in a roundabout fashion — by creating a beautiful woman, Pandora.

I. t is possible for two objects to share the same orbits, but not the exact same orbit.. Saturn’s moons Janus and Epimetheus run on orbits that differ in size by only 30 miles (50 km). This ...

KS2 History: Ancient Greece. A short animation for 7 - 11 year olds combing two well-known Greek myths: the story of Prometheus stealing fire from the gods and the story of Pandora's Box. BBC Teach.

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Although Epimetheus appears to be orbiting between the A and F rings in this image, it’s just an illusion! Epimetheus, which orbits Saturn well outside of the F ring’s orbit, […] ...