Rhea

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Rhea is the second-largest moon of Saturn, an icy, heavily cratered satellite discovered in 1672 by Giovanni Domenico Cassini.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Rhea canonical 11
Juno 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object ⓘ
moon of Saturn ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
albedo high ⓘ
averageOrbitalDistanceFromSaturn_km 527000 ⓘ
axialTilt_degrees 0 ⓘ
belongsToPlanetarySystem Saturnian system ⓘ
Solar System ⓘ
celestialBodyType icy moon ⓘ
diameter_km 1527.6 ⓘ
discoverer Giovanni Domenico Cassini ⓘ
discoveryDate 1672 ⓘ
discoveryMethod telescopic observation ⓘ
equatorialCircumference_km ~4800 ⓘ
escapeVelocity_km_per_s 0.635 ⓘ
exosphereComponent carbon dioxide ⓘ
oxygen ⓘ
geologicalCharacteristic bright icy plains ⓘ
heavily cratered surface ⓘ
tectonic features ⓘ
hasAtmosphere tenuous exosphere ⓘ
hasBeenVisitedBy Cassini–Huygens ⓘ
Voyager 1 ⓘ
Voyager 2 ⓘ
IAUDesignation Saturn V ⓘ
isMajorMoonOf Saturn ⓘ
mass_kg 2.3065e21 ⓘ
meanDensity_g_per_cm3 1.236 ⓘ
meanRadius_km 763.8 ⓘ
namedAfter Rhea (Titaness from Greek mythology) ⓘ
linked to: Rhea
orbitalEccentricity 0.0012583 ⓘ
orbitalInclination_degrees 0.345 ⓘ
orbitalPeriod_days 4.518 ⓘ
orbits Saturn ⓘ
primary Saturn ⓘ
rankBySizeAroundSaturn second-largest moon of Saturn ⓘ
relativePositionFromSaturn orbits beyond Tethys ⓘ
orbits inside Titan ⓘ
rotationPeriod_days 4.518 ⓘ
rotationPeriodEqualsOrbitalPeriod true ⓘ
semiMajorAxis_km 527108 ⓘ
surfaceComposition rocky material ⓘ
water ice ⓘ
surfaceFeatureType chasmata ⓘ
impact craters ⓘ
surfaceGravity_m_per_s2 0.264 ⓘ
surfaceTemperature_K ~53–99 ⓘ
synchronousRotation true ⓘ
tidallyLockedTo Saturn ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saturn → hasMajorMoon → Rhea ⓘ
Uranus → parentOf → Rhea ⓘ
Pluto → sibling → Juno ⓘ
linked to: Rhea
Phoebe → siblingOf → Rhea ⓘ
Epaphus → grandmother → Rhea ⓘ
Rheic Ocean → namedAfter → Rhea ⓘ
Spacers → notableWorld → Rhea ⓘ
Phoebe → sibling → Rhea ⓘ
subject linked to: Phoebe from Greek mythology