Atlas is the second of Saturn's known satellites:
orbit: 137,670 km from Saturn
diameter: 30 km (40 x 20)
Atlas was a Titan condemned by Zeus to support the heavens upon his shoulders; son of Iapetus and the nymph Clymene; brother of Prometheus and Epimetheus.
Discovered by R. Terrile in 1980 from Voyager photos.
Atlas seems to be a shepherd satellite of the A ring.
Atlas是土星衛(wèi)星中距其第二近的衛(wèi)星：
公轉(zhuǎn)軌道：距土星 137,670 千米
衛(wèi)星直徑：30 千米（40×20）
Atlas是一個巨人，他被宙斯懲罰，用雙肩擔(dān)負天堂。他是Iapetus和仙女Clymene的兒子，普羅米修斯和Epimetheus的兄弟。
它是在1980年由R. Terrile從旅行者號傳回的照片上發(fā)現(xiàn)的。
土衛(wèi)十五好像是一顆A光環(huán)的牧羊衛(wèi)星。
orbit: 137,670 km from Saturn
diameter: 30 km (40 x 20)
Atlas was a Titan condemned by Zeus to support the heavens upon his shoulders; son of Iapetus and the nymph Clymene; brother of Prometheus and Epimetheus.
Discovered by R. Terrile in 1980 from Voyager photos.
Atlas seems to be a shepherd satellite of the A ring.
Atlas是土星衛(wèi)星中距其第二近的衛(wèi)星：
公轉(zhuǎn)軌道：距土星 137,670 千米
衛(wèi)星直徑：30 千米（40×20）
Atlas是一個巨人，他被宙斯懲罰，用雙肩擔(dān)負天堂。他是Iapetus和仙女Clymene的兒子，普羅米修斯和Epimetheus的兄弟。
它是在1980年由R. Terrile從旅行者號傳回的照片上發(fā)現(xiàn)的。
土衛(wèi)十五好像是一顆A光環(huán)的牧羊衛(wèi)星。