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Aegaeon

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Aegaeon
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Summary

Aegaeon is a moon of Saturn[1]. Aegaeon draws 504 Wikipedia views per month (moon of saturn category, ranking #19 of 96).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Carolyn Porco[3]
  • Instance of: regular moon[4]
  • Site of astronomical discovery: Cassini−Huygens[5]
  • Named after: Aegaeon[6]
  • Commons category: Aegaeon (moon)[7]
  • Parent astronomical body: Saturn[8]
  • Provisional designation: S/2008 S 1[9]
  • Time of discovery or invention: August 15, 2008[10]
  • Orbital eccentricity: 0.00042277[11]
  • Different from: Aegaeon[12]
  • Orbital inclination: 0.0007 degree[13]
  • Density: 0.54 gram per cubic centimetre[14]
  • Mass: 60 teragram[15]
  • Orbital period: 0.80812 day[16]
  • Semi-major axis of an orbit: 167493.665 km[17]
  • Diameter: 0.66 km[18]
  • Albedo: 0.15[19]

Why It Matters

Aegaeon has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Aegaeon is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Carolyn Porco

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Aegaeon. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/aegaeon
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · ~2026-51439-50 · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → thesolarsystem:Aegaeon
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'azb', 'be', 'bg', 'ca', 'cdo', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo',
    Astronomic symbol image → Aegaeon Symbol (fixed width).png
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Fandom article id: thesolarsystem:Aegaeon"
  2. 17d ago · LouieMimantea · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mass → {'unit': 'Q1770733', 'amount': '+60'}
    Orbital eccentricity → {'amount': '+0.00042277'}
    Density → {'unit': 'Q13147228', 'amount': '+0.54'}
    Instance of → —
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Astronomic symbol image: Aegaeon Symbol (fixed width).png"
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