Dione
moon of Saturn
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Summary
Dione is a moon of Saturn[1]. Dione draws 2,224 Wikipedia views per month (moon of saturn category, ranking #10 of 96).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Giovanni Domenico Cassini[3]
- Instance of: regular moon[4]
- Named after: Dione[5]
- Commons category: Dione (moon)[6]
- Parent astronomical body: Saturn[7]
- Time of discovery or invention: March 21, 1684[8], 1684[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Dione (moon)[10]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.0022[11]
- Apparent magnitude: 10.4[12]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13]
- Topic has template: Template:GeoTemplate/dione[14]
- Orbital inclination: 0.019 degree[15]
- Area: 3964776.51 km²[16]
- Density: 1.4781 gram per cubic centimetre[17]
- Mass: 1.09546 yottagram[18]
- Temperature: 87 K[19]
- Radius: 561.70 km[20]
- Orbital period: 2.736915 day[21]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 377,420 km[22]
- Albedo: 0.55[23]
- Surface gravity: 0.212 metres per second squared[24]
Body
Influence
Things named for Dione include Dione Nunataks[25], a nunatak[26].
Why It Matters
Dione has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Dione is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]
Entities named for Dione include Dione Nunataks[25], a nunatak[26].