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Prometheus
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Photo of the satellite Prometheus of the planet Saturn
Prometheus   Saturn XVI (S/1980 S27)

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Mean distance from the planet Saturn 139.353 km
Orbital period around the planet Saturn (sideric) 0,613 d
Mean orbital velocity 16,54 km/s
Orbital inclination 0,0 °
Eccentricity of the orbit around the planet Saturn 0,0024
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Discovered by Stewart A. Collins 1980
Mass 3,3 × 1017 kg
Equatorial radius 74 × 50 × 34 km
Mean density 0,63 g/cm³
Escape velocity 0,0223 km/s
Albedo 0,5
Apparent magnitude + 15,8 mvis
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Prometheus was the son of Iapetus who was one of the Titans.

Prometheus tricked the gods into eating bare bones instead of good meat. He stole the sacred fire from Zeus and the gods. In punishment, Zeus commanded that Prometheus be chained for eternity in the Caucasus. There, an eagle would eat his liver, and each day the liver would be renewed. So the punishment was endless, until Heracles finally killed the bird.

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File icon NASA/JPL (Voyager 2) - Prometheus
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