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Prometheus ("pra MEE thee us") is the third of Saturn's known satellites:
orbit: 139,350 km from Saturn
diameter: 91 km (145 x 85 x 62)
mass: 2.7e17 kg
Prometheus was a Titan who stole fire from Olympus and gave it to humankind, for which Zeus punished him horribly; son of Iapetus; brother of Atlas and Epimetheus. "Prometheus" is Greek for "foresight".
Discovered by S. Collins and others in 1980 from Voyager photos.
Prometheus
is the inner shepherd
satellite of the F ring.
Prometheus has a number of ridges and valleys and several craters about 20 km in diameter but appears to be less cratered than the neighboring moons Pandora, Janus and Epimetheus.
It seems likely that Prometheus, Pandora, Janus and Epimetheus are very porous icy bodies. (Note, however, that there is a lot of uncertainty.)
The 1995/6 Saturn Ring Plane Crossing observations found that Prometheus was lagging by 20 degrees from where it should have been based on Voyager 1981 data. This is much more than can be explained by observational error. It is possible that Prometheus's orbit was changed by a recent encounter with the F ring, or it may have a small companion moon sharing its orbit.
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Pandora ("pan DOR uh") is the fourth of Saturn's known satellites:
orbit: 141,700 km from Saturn
diameter: 84 km (114 x 84 x 62)
mass: 2.2e17 kg
In Greek mythology Pandora was the first woman, bestowed upon humankind by Zeus as a punishment for Prometheus' theft of fire. Trusted with a box containing all the ills that could plague people, she opened it out of curiosity and thereby released all the evils of human life; wife of Epimetheus.
Discovered by Collins and others in 1980 from Voyager photos.
Pandora is
the outer shepherd
satellite of the F ring. The image at right shows both Pandora, the
faint F ring, Prometheus
and part of the A ring.
More heavily cratered than nearby Prometheus, Pandora has at least two large craters 30 km in diameter. But it shows no linear ridges or valleys.
... Saturn ... Atlas
... Prometheus / Pandora ... Epimetheus
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