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Atlas

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Summary

Atlas is a moon of Saturn[1]. Atlas draws 722 Wikipedia views per month (moon of saturn category, ranking #14 of 96).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Richard J. Terrile[3], Voyager 1[4]
  • Instance of: regular moon[5]
  • Named after: Atlas[6]
  • Commons category: Atlas (moon)[7]
  • Parent astronomical body: Saturn[8]
  • Provisional designation: S/1980 S 28[9]
  • Time of discovery or invention: October 1, 1980[10]
  • Orbital eccentricity: 0.0012[11]
  • Mass: 7[12]
  • Semi-major axis of an orbit: 137,700[13]
  • Albedo: 0.4[14]

Why It Matters

Atlas has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Atlas is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Voyager 1

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · ~2026-44936-25 · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Namuwiki id → 아틀라스(위성)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Namuwiki id: 아틀라스(위성)"
  2. 11w ago · ~2026-34993-89 · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → thesolarsystem:Atlas
    Local thumb → —
    Mass → {'amount': '+7'}
    Instance of → moon of Saturn, regular moon
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Fandom article id: thesolarsystem:Atlas"
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