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Epimetheus is an inner satellite of Saturn. It is also known as Saturn XI. It is named after the mythological Epimetheus brother of Prometheus.

Saturn X redirects here. For the spurious moon reported in 1905 see Themis (moon)Janus is an inner satellite of Saturn. It is also known as Saturn X (Roman numeral X […]

Eta Canis Majoris (η CMa η Canis Majoris) is a star in the constellation Canis Major. It has the traditional name Aludra. Since 1943 the spectrum of this star has […]

Fomalhaut (Alpha Piscis Austrini Alpha PsA α Piscis Austrini α PsA) is the brightest star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus and one of the brightest stars in the sky. It […]

HE0107-5240 is an extremely metal-poor Population II star located roughly 36000 light years away from the Earth that has a mass of approximately80% of the mass of the Sun. It […]

Messier 100 (also known as NGC 4321) is an example of a grand design spiral galaxy located within the southern part of constellation Coma Berenices. It is one of the […]

Comet Hyakutake (Japanese pronunciation: [çʲakɯ̥take] formally designated C/1996 B2) is a comet discovered on 31 January 1996 that passed very close to Earth in March of that year. It was […]

Leda (/ˈliːdə/ LEE-də; Greek: Λήδα) also known as Jupiter XIII is a prograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by Charles T. Kowal at the Mount Palomar Observatory on […]

Iapetus (/aɪˈæpɨtəs/; Greek: Ιαπετός) or occasionally Japetus /ˈdʒæpɨtəs/ is the third-largest natural satellite of Saturn eleventh-largest in the Solar System and the largest body in the Solar System known to […]

Thebe (/ˈθiːbiː/ THEE-bee; Greek: Θήβη) also known as Jupiter XIV is the fourth of Jupiter’s moons by distance from the planet. It was discovered by Stephen P. Synnott in images […]