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Methone Observations



Methone picture
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Methone orbits Saturn between Mimas and Enceladus.

Methone's diameter is about 3.2 km and its period of revolution is 1.009573975 days. Planned flybys span the mission with close approaches on Sep 25, 2006, Jun 27, 2007, Mar 20, 2010 and Nov 24, 2015.

See Small Satellites Events (xlsx, txt) observing log includes range, flyby velocity and phase

For observation times and instruments compare Small Satellites Events file with Master Schedule under Methone.