History of Atlas the moon

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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°

	Revision 5 . . (edit) November 22, 2001 5:25 pm by Bryan Derksen
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	Revision 2 . . November 22, 2001 2:17 pm by Bryan Derksen [bit of basic information]
	Revision 1 . . November 21, 2001 11:07 am by Bryan Derksen [breaking up Atlas megaentry]