1 / 6 | Visual: The moon is named for a titan in Greek mythology who is the brother of Y. Together, Epimetheus and Y stand for Hindsight and Foresight. Name Y, the image depicts him performing a ...
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It's a hard-knock life for Saturn's moon Epimetheus. The pale-gray moon, which NASA's website ...
Discover what Saturn’s Moon Epimetheus is. Learn who discovered it, size, icy composition, co-orbital dance with Janus & key facts about this fascinating celestial body. Epimetheus helps scientists ...
Saturn has a great many more moons than our planet – a whopping 62. A single moon, Titan, accounts for an overwhelming 96% of all the material orbit the planet, with a group of six other smaller moons ...
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 not form with all of those ...
The Cassini spacecraft snapped this high-resolution image of Saturn’s small moon Epimetheus during the spacecraft’s non-targeted flyby on April 7, 2010. The view was obtained at a distance of ...
This image made by the Cassini spacecraft and provided by NASA on March 12, 2006, shows two of Saturn’s moons, the small Epimetheus and smog-enshrouded Titan, with Saturn’s A and F rings stretching ...