Enceladus
natural satellite orbiting Saturn
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Summary
Enceladus is a moon of Saturn[1]. Enceladus ranks in the top 2% of moon of saturn entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,219 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: William Herschel[3]
- Instance of: regular moon[4]
- Named after: Enceladus[5]
- Commons category: Enceladus[6]
- Parent astronomical body: Saturn[7]
- Time of discovery or invention: August 28, 1789[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Enceladus[9]
- Commons gallery: Enceladus[10]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.0047[11]
- Apparent magnitude: 11.7[12], 11.8[13]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14]
- Topic has template: Template:GeoTemplate/enceladus[15]
- Has characteristic: Жизнь на Энцеладе[16]
- Orbital inclination: 0.009 degree[17]
- Mass: 108,043,390,000,000,000,000 kg[18]
- Temperature: 32.9 K[19], 75 K[20], 145 K[21]
- Radius: 252.1 km[22]
- Orbital period: 1.370 day[23]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 237,948 km[24]
- Volume as quantity: 67,113,076 cubic kilometre[25], 1.370218 day[26]
- Connects with: E Ring[27]
- Albedo: 1.3750[28]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[29]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Surface features of Enceladus[30]
Body
Influence
Things named for Enceladus include Enceladus Nunataks[31], a nunatak[32].
Why It Matters
Enceladus has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Enceladus is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]
Entities named for Enceladus include Enceladus Nunataks[31], a nunatak[32].