Aegaeon

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Aegaeon is a moon of Saturn. It is a small moon, with a radius of only about 0.3 kilometers. Aegaeon orbits Saturn at a mean distance of 167,500 kilometers and has an orbital period of 0.808 Earth days. It is one of Saturn's many moons, and its orbit is located within the planet's ring system.12

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Saturn
The ring system
…of a small moon, named Aegaeon, that is about 0.5 km (0.3 mile) across. This moon may be one of several parent bodies of the G ring. Those rings of Saturn that lie outside the A ring are analogous to Jupiter’s rings in that they are composed mostly of small…
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…of a small moon, named Aegaeon, that is about 0.5 km (0.3 mile) across. This moon may be one of several parent bodies of the G ring. Those rings of Saturn that lie outside the A ring are analogous to Jupiter’s rings in that they are composed mostly of small…
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