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Rhea (Satellite of Saturn)

Rhea
Full size image of Rhea (188 KB.)

Constants

  •  Mean Radius:               764 km
  •  Mass:                      0.000387 (Earth=1)
  •  Density:                   1.24 (g/cm^3)
  •  Gravity:                   0.029 (Earth=1)
  •  Orbit Period:              4.518 (Earth days)
  •  Rotation Period:           4.518 (Earth days)
  •  Semimajor Axis of Orbit:   527,100 km
  •  Eccentricity of Orbit:     0.001
Notes on Constants Table

Rhea Nomenclature

Official names of features on Rhea as approved by the International Astronomical Union.

Saturn Satellites Voyager Mosaics

Global image maps of Rhea and other Saturnian satellites created from Voyager imagery.

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