Moon
A tiny, walnut-shaped moon that orbits within a gap in Saturn's rings, sweeping the gap clear of debris.
| Type | Moon |
|---|---|
| Orbits | Saturn |
| Distance from parent body | 133,580 km |
| Diameter | 29 km |
| Mass | 4.20 × 10^15 kg |
| Surface gravity | 1.00e-3 m/s² |
| Temperature | -195°C |
| Orbital period | 1 days |
| Apparent magnitude | 19.4 |
| Redshift | 0 |
| Discovered | 1990 |
At 29 km across, Pan is 0.8 percent of the diameter of Earth's Moon.
Its mass is less than a thousandth of the mass of Earth.
It orbits Saturn at 133,580 km, closer in than the Moon orbits Earth.
A single orbit takes 13.8 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 1990.
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