Janus

Moon

Shares nearly the same orbit as the moon Epimetheus, the two swapping positions every four years without colliding.

Facts

TypeMoon
OrbitsSaturn
Distance from parent body151,460 km
Diameter179 km
Mass1.90 × 10^18 kg
Surface gravity0.0159 m/s²
Temperature-195°C
Orbital period1 days
Apparent magnitude14.4
Redshift0
Discovered1966

Janus in context

At 179 km across, Janus is 5.2 percent of the diameter of Earth's Moon.

Its mass is less than a thousandth of the mass of Earth.

It orbits Saturn at 151,460 km, closer in than the Moon orbits Earth.

A single orbit takes 16.7 hours.

An average temperature of 78 K works out at -195 degrees Celsius, colder than the 15 degrees Earth averages.

It has been on record since 1966.

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