Saturn · natural satellite

Methone

Mean diameter: Not available
Mean orbital distance: 194,700 km from centre
Orbital period: 1.01 Earth days

Orbit & discovery

Surface gravity: Not available
Discovery: 2004
Discoverer / team: Cassini Imaging Science Team
Provisional designation: S/2004 S1
JPL satellite ID: 632
Orbital eccentricity: 0.002
Inclination: 0 degrees

Inclination reference: Laplace. Mean-element epoch: 2000-01-01.5 TDB · SAT441.

Diameters use volume-equivalent mean radii, including for irregular bodies. Mean orbital elements describe an orbit; they are not live positions. Missing physical measurements remain unavailable.

Missions in the Saturn system · 5 records

5 launches · 0 linked events

These records cover the planetary system. A system mission did not necessarily visit this moon. Dedicated targets are marked separately; programme events include the journey and briefings. Launch outcomes do not establish arrival, landing success or present spacecraft operation.

Dedicated targets only

PLANETARY SYSTEM · UPCOMING