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A moon of Saturn is named after Atlas the Titan.
A moon of Saturn, named after Atlas the Titan.

Atlas was discovered by [R. Terrile]? in 1980 from Voyager? photos. It seems to be a shepherd satellite of the A ring.

*Orbital radius: 137,670 km
*diameter: 30 km (40 x 20)
*mass: Unknown
*Orbital period: 0.6019 days
*Orbital inclination: 0°



A moon of Saturn, named after Atlas the Titan.

Atlas was discovered by [R. Terrile]? in 1980 from Voyager? photos. It seems to be a shepherd satellite of the A ring.

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