ATLAS (MOON)

Specialty Definition: Atlas (moon)

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Atlas, as imaged by Voyager 1,
on November 12, 1980. (NASA)

Atlas is a moon of Saturn, named after Atlas (Titan).

Atlas was discovered by R. Terrile in 1980 from Voyager photos. It seems to be a shepherd satellite of the A ring.

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