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List Of Geological Features On Phoebe
Phoebe ( ) is the most massive irregular satellite of Saturn with a mean diameter of . It was discovered by William Henry Pickering on 18 March 1899 from photographic plates that had been taken by DeLisle Stewart starting on 16 August 1898 at the Boyden Station of the Carmen Alto Observatory near Arequipa, Peru. It was the first natural satellite to be discovered photographically. Phoebe was the first target encountered upon the arrival of the '' Cassini'' spacecraft in the Saturn system in 2004, and is thus unusually well-studied for an irregular moon of its size. ''Cassinis trajectory to Saturn and time of arrival were chosen to permit this flyby. After the encounter and its insertion into orbit, ''Cassini'' did not go much beyond the orbit of Iapetus. Phoebe is roughly spherical and has a differentiated interior. It was spherical and hot early in its history and was battered out of roundness by repeated impacts. There is some evidence that it may be a captured centaur that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoebe (Titaness)
In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology, Phoebe ( ; ) is one of the first generation of Titan (mythology), Titans, who were one set of sons and daughters of Uranus (mythology), Uranus and Gaia, the sky and the earth.Hesiod, ''Theogony'116-138 With her brother and consort Coeus she had two daughters, Leto and Asteria. She is thus the grandmother of the Olympian gods Apollo and Artemis, as well as the witchcraft goddess Hecate. According to the myth, she was the original owner of the site of the Oracle of Delphi before gifting it to her grandson Apollo. Her name, meaning "bright", was also given to a number of lunar goddesses like Artemis and later the Roman goddesses Luna (goddess), Luna and Diana (mythology), Diana, but Phoebe herself was not actively seen as a moon goddess in her own right in ancient religion or mythology. Etymology The Greek name ''Phoíbē'' is the feminine form of ''Phoîbos'' meaning "pure, bright, radiant", an epithet given to Apollo a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
