![]() "Sizes, shapes, and derived properties of the saturnian satellites after the Cassini nominal mission" (PDF). New VMA version Pro 5.0 - new important evolution of the Virtual Moon Atlas. "The orbits of Saturn's small satellites derived from combined historic and Cassini imaging observations". "Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn" (naming the moon). Archived from the original (discovery) on. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.) Star Atlas PRO Sky Observer StarryNight Stellarium Virtual Moon Atlas. After landing on the Shattered Moon, head down to the first Meditation Point and use it to fast travel to the Array Channel Meditation Point. Because the orbits of Prometheus and Pandora are chaotic, it is suspected that Atlas's may be as well. This system is all controlled from a tablet, notebook or desktop pc with 7. After landing on the Shattered Moon, head down to the first Meditation Point and use it to fast travel to the Array Channel Meditation Point. Ītlas is significantly perturbed by Prometheus and to a lesser degree by Pandora, leading to excursions in longitude of up to 600 km (~0.25°) away from the precessing Keplerian orbit with a rough period of about 3 years. This would mean that for any additional particles impacting the equator, the centrifugal force will nearly overcome Atlas's tiny gravity, and they will probably be lost. In fact, the size of the equatorial ridge is comparable with the expected Roche lobe of the moon. The most likely explanation for this unusual and prominent structure is that ring material swept up by the moon accumulates on the moon, with a strong preference for the equator due to the ring's thinness. High-resolution images taken in June 2005 by Cassini revealed Atlas to have a roughly spherical centre surrounded by a large, smooth equatorial ridge. In 2004 a faint, thin ring, temporarily designated R/2004 S 1, was discovered in the Atlantean orbit. However, now it is known that the outer edge of the ring is instead maintained by a 7:6 orbital resonance with the larger but more distant moons Janus and Epimetheus. It is also designated Saturn XV.Ītlas is the closest satellite to the sharp outer edge of the A ring, and was long thought to be a shepherd satellite for this ring. In 1983 it was officially named after Atlas of Greek mythology, because it "holds the rings on its shoulders" like the Titan Atlas held the sky up above the Earth. This app will tell you everything you need to know about the moon, including a countdown to its next phase, appearance, status and its rise and set times. Atlas is an inner satellite of Saturn which was discovered by Richard Terrile in 1980 from Voyager photos and was designated S/1980 S 28.
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